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End of life care delivery: perspectives from Ghana and Germany

  • Ernest Bagson EMAIL logo und Johanne Pundt
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 25. Februar 2023

Abstract

End of life care is an integral part of the global public health care system but it has differently gained scholarly attention and traction in the literature. This article demonstrates how end of life care service is perceived, provided and accessed via a comparative systematic review of the Ghanaians’ and Germans’ end of life care systems. These care perspectives unraveled innovative practices and form the basis for evidence-based future research.

Zusammenfassung

Die Versorgung am Lebensende ist ein integraler Bestandteil des globalen Public Health Systems, hat aber in der Literatur unterschiedlich viel Aufmerksamkeit und Beachtung gefunden. In diesem Beitrag wird anhand einer vergleichenden systematischen Untersuchung der ghanaischen und deutschen Gesundheitssysteme aufgezeigt, wie Sterbebegleitung wahrgenommen, bereitgestellt und genutzt wird. Diese Versorgungsperspektiven enthüllen innovative Praktiken und bilden die Grundlage für evidenzbasierte zukünftige Forschung.

  1. Author Declaration

  2. Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript. Funding: The authors state no funding involved. Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest. Ethical statement: Primary data neither for human nor for animals were collected for this research work.

  3. Autorenerklärung

  4. Autorenbeteiligung: Die Autoren tragen Verantwortung für den gesamten Inhalt dieses Artikels. Finanzierung: Die Autoren erklären, dass sie keine finanzielle Förderung erhalten haben. Interessenkonflikt: Die Autoren erklären, dass kein wirtschaftlicher oder persönlicher Interessenkonflikt vorliegt. Ethisches Statement: Für die Forschungsarbeit wurden weder von Menschen noch von Tieren Primärdaten erhoben.

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Published Online: 2023-02-25
Published in Print: 2023-02-23

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