Death, Dying, and End-of-Life Experiences Among Refugees: A Scoping Review

作者：Farah Madi, Hussein M Ismail, Fouad M. Fouad, Hala Kerbage, Shahaduz Zaman, Janaka Jayawickrama, Abla Mehio Sibai · 发表于：Journal of Palliative Care · 年份：2018 · DOI：10.1177/0825859718812770 · 被引用次数：26 · 研究领域：Migration, Health and Trauma、Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health、Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

BACKGROUND:: The objective of this scoping review is to identify and map the global literature on death, dying, and end-of-life experiences among refugees. The study aims at identifying gaps in the literature produced on the topic and informs areas for future research in the field. METHODS:: We included articles that met the following inclusion criteria: (1) Population: Refugees and/or internally or externally displaced individuals due to wars, conflicts, nonnatural disasters, or emergencies; (2) Setting: End-of-life phase, dying, and death that took place following the refuge or displacement and reported after the year 1980; and (3) Study Design: All types of studies including but not limited to primary studies, narrative reviews, systematic reviews, news, editorials, commentaries, opinion pieces, technical reports, and policy briefs. A systematic search of the following electronic databases: Medline, Scopus, CINAHL, and JSTOR yielded 11 153 records. The search of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees database Refworld retrieved an additional 7510 records. RESULTS:: Seven articles met our inclusion criteria. All articles were coauthored by scholars in universities/research institutes in high-income countries, and except for one, all were conducted in the country of the final settlement of refugees. One article adopted a qualitative approach, another article adopted a mixed-methods approach, one was a narrative review, and 4 articles were reviews of the literature...