Palliative Care and Social Practice | 2021
The role of hospice and palliative care in supporting and fostering trust among the LGBTQ+ population
Abstract
Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). Introduction There are multiple transitions along the continuum of care, from a state of health, to the diagnosis and progression of a serious illness, to an eventual transition toward end-of-life care and bereavement. These are pivotal opportunities to provide patients and loved ones with support, mitigate suffering, and optimize quality of life. To accomplish these goals, specialty palliative care is often introduced as an additive support to an individual s medical team; in contrast to general or primary palliative care (which refers to symptom management and support provided by the existing medical team), specialty palliative care involves an interdisciplinary group of specialtytrained clinicians and team members.