{"title":"The language of palliative care.","authors":"Dion Smyth","doi":"10.12968/bjcn.2026.0079","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As the 2026 world cup brings the world together through football, it shows sport as a shared global language. This article discusses the complex language of palliative care and how its significane is not widely understood or acknowledged. The author also talks about cultural differences and how they affect awareness, access and equity in care.</p>","PeriodicalId":35731,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Community Nursing","volume":"31 6","pages":"302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British Journal of Community Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2026.0079","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/5/27 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
As the 2026 world cup brings the world together through football, it shows sport as a shared global language. This article discusses the complex language of palliative care and how its significane is not widely understood or acknowledged. The author also talks about cultural differences and how they affect awareness, access and equity in care.
期刊介绍:
British Journal of Community Nursing (BJCN) is the UK"s leading peer-reviewed journal for district nurses, containing the most up-to-date clinical coverage and research on primary care nursing. The journal promotes excellence in clinical practice with an emphasis on the sharing of expertise and innovation in district nursing. Articles are written by nurses from across the community nursing spectrum, and peer-reviewed by leading authorities in primary care to make sure that the journal addresses all aspects of the profession in a way that is relevant, intelligent and accessible, and so useful in daily practice.