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- When patients and health professionals are from different ethnic backgrounds, value systems that form the basis for such decisions may conflict. Many cultural groups do not place the same emphasis on patient autonomy and self-determination that Western society does and find the idea of terminating life support offensive.
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Many cultural groups do not place the same emphasis on patient autonomy and self-determination that Western society does and find the idea of terminating life support offensive. Although physicians should never assume patients will respond in a particular way because of their ethnic background, issues of life support should be discussed in a ...
- J Klessig
- 1992
Although physicians should never assume patients will respond in a particular way because of their ethnic background, issues of life support should be discussed in a culturally sensitive way. African-American, Chinese, Jewish, Iranian, Filipino, Mexican-American, and Korean patients were surveyed about their views on life support.
Jul 29, 2020 · Background: Using a preventative approach, we investigated whether international subjective qualities of life are associated with resilience to adversity when culture is taken into account. Although resilience has been previously associated with good QoL, cross-cultural studies are scarce.
Nov 19, 2020 · We can think of culture as relating to social behavior within a particular people or society that is a manifestation of shared ideas and customs. Values are the principles or standards that convey what people consider to be important in life.
- Joanna K Fadyl
- 2021
Palliative care must understand culture as a source of meaning. In addition, the rituals that surround this point in life also provide guidance, focus, and stability as patients and families and their social support network are faced with such wrenching transitions.
The project on the cultural contexts of health and well-being argues that incorporating cultural awareness into policy-making is critical to the development of adaptive, equitable and sustainable health care systems, and to making general improvements in many areas of population health and well-being.
