Barriers to access to palliative care services perceived by gastric cancer patients, their caregivers and physicians in Santander, Colombia

Claudia Uribe, Angélica Amado, Ana María Rueda, Leydi Mantilla

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Resumen

Gastric cancer (GC) is a public health issue with high incidence and mortality in Colombia due to tardy diagnosis and barriers to access to curative treatment; this leaves palliative care (PC) as the only option. Our aim is to describe the access barriers to PC perceived by adults with GC, caregivers and physician in Santander, Colombia. A qualitative study was carried out with the analysis of the grounded theory (Strauss and Cor-bin), through semi-structured interviews, after sampling for convenience we found that the access barriers were: administrative, economic, cultural, knowledge, communication, institutional and geographical; strategies to overcome barriers: screening programs, governmental surveillance, and investment in health. In conclusion, access to PC requires remove barriers to timely and integral access and strengthen health and education policies to facilitate procedures and services that ensure the attention required by the adult with GC.

Título traducido de la contribuciónBarriers to access to palliative care services perceived by gastric cancer patients, their caregivers and physicians in Santander, Colombia
Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)1597-1607
Número de páginas11
PublicaciónCiencia e Saude Coletiva
Volumen24
N.º5
DOI
EstadoPublicada - may. 2019

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