End of Life Care - the Importance of Culture and Ethnicity

Overview

Journal Aust Fam Physician

Specialty Public Health

Date 2010 Apr 8

PMID 20372679

Citations 9

Authors

Katherine Clark

Jane Phillips

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Abstract

Background: Australia is a culturally and ethnically diverse country. Within such diversity there will be differing beliefs systems about death and dying. This may be a challenging prospect for health professionals.

Objective: This article discusses how cultural diversity may impact care and provides some strategies for the general practitioner when considering the provision of end of life care.

Discussion: This article does not attempt to provide GPs with a prescriptive approach to multicultural care, as this would run the risk of stereotyping individuals. Rather, it discusses the barriers to end of life care among different cultural and ethnic groups, and suggests ways in which to improve understanding of different cultural needs in end of life care.

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