https://library.icmglt.org/files/original/e6561400f80ca66acbbd20cd11199f29.pdf e7d9b78a3a99fac3c86749353298ed55 Electronic Resource View Source <span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524251336765">https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524251336765</a></span> Document Type Research paper Author(s) Ashley Mollison, Kelli I. Stajduhar, Marilou Gagnon, Ryan McNeil Volume Vol. 19 Publisher Sage Publications Journal Name Palliative Care and Social Practice Publication Date 2024 ISBN 26323524 Region United States Language English Access Open Access Abstract Identifying and addressing inequities in palliative care is an area of growing interest and importance. In this critical essay, we aim to challenge embedded assumptions about ‘family’ caregiving in white, Western systems (e.g. that of the nuclear family as carers) and focus on how the social determinants of health (SDOH; e.g. income and social protection, housing, education, food security) affect access to, and quality of, care at the end of life. More specifically, our analysis pays attention to what shapes the SDOH themselves including how racism, classism, heterosexism, and ableism become embedded and sustained in health and social institutions including palliative care. We begin by providing a brief discussion of the study of ‘family’ including the nuclear family standard and fictive kinship as an ‘alternative’ family form. Next, we focus on fictive kinship in two diverse populations – (1) street-involved youth who form street families; and (2) older adults who access care beyond nuclear families – that challenge embedded assumptions and help set a foundation for thinking about family and caregiving in contexts of inequities. Drawing on short vignettes, we then focus on emerging issues in palliative care and ‘family’ caregiving in contexts of homelessness and housing vulnerability. These issues include how caregivers in contexts of homelessness are, themselves, facing structural vulnerability; bio-legal family estrangement, reunification, and privileging; and how community service workers are filling both formal and informal caregiving roles. We conclude by delineating ongoing questions, research and practice gaps, and suggestions for future research in this area. Cataloger Jessica Alston Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Critical Examination of ‘Family’ Caregiving at the End of Life in Contexts of Homelessness: Key concepts and future considerations Subject The topic of the resource Caregivers Chronic Illness Chronic Pain Equity Family Family Relationships Health Equity Health Research Poverty United States