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Table 1 Needs of Indigenous populations at the end-of-life

From: Key features of palliative care service delivery to Indigenous peoples in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States: a comprehensive review

Needs

Australia

Canada

NZ

USA

No. of articles

Collaboration

Community Engagement

X [14, 28]

X [22]

X [24, 26]

X [6, 23, 25, 27]

9

Family Engagement

X [14, 31]

X [32,33,34]

X [24, 30]

X [25, 27, 29]

10

Health Care Provider Collaboration

X [28]

None identified

None identified

X [25]

2

Service Delivery

Funding

X [14, 37]

None identified

None identified

X [6, 23, 25]

5

Communication

X [14, 31, 37]

X [33, 34, 42]

X [24, 26, 65]

X [6, 23]

11

Policy Change

X [37]

X [32, 34, 35]

X [26, 65]

X [6, 23, 25, 27]

10

Staff

X [14, 56]

X [22, 33]

X [24, 26, 36, 65]

X [2, 25, 27, 29, 39]

13

Built Environment

X [14, 37]

X [22, 33, 35]

X [24, 26, 36, 41]

None identified

9

Service Delivery, Provision of Care, Capacity of Care

X [14, 28, 31, 40]

X [32, 33, 66]

X [26, 30, 36, 41]

X [2, 6, 25, 27, 29]

16

Cultural & Spiritual

X [14, 28, 37]

X [22, 32,33,34,35, 42, 66]

X [26]

X [25, 27]

13

Education & Training

Training for Health Care Providers

X [14]

X [22, 32, 35]

X [24, 26]

X [2, 6, 23, 25, 39]

11

Education for Patient, Family and Community

X [40]

X [32]

X [24, 30, 36]

X [6, 27, 38, 39]

9