Neurocritical careReview
undefined Dec 2024
Health disparities continue to plague racial and ethnic underserved patients in the United States. Disparities extend to the most critically ill patients, including those experiencing neurologic injury and patients at the end of life.
Achieving health equity in palliative care in the neurointensive care unit requires clinicians to acknowledge and address structural racism and the social determinants of health.
This article highlights racial and ethnic disparities in neurocritical care and palliative care and offers recommendations for an anti-racist approach to palliative care in the neurointensive care unit for clinicians.
Conflicts of interest: Dr. Magee has no Conflicts of Interests disclosures. Dr. October is a government employee at the National Institutes of Health. Ethical Approval/Informed Consent: Ethical guidelines have been reviewed and Institutional Review Board approval was not required because this was not a research article.
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