Aim: Culture is becoming increasingly important in relation to end of life (EoL) care in a
context of globalization, migration and European integration. We explore and compare socio …

Aim The terms used to describe care at the end of life (EoL), and its definitions, have evolved
over time and reflect the changes in meaning the concept has undergone as the field …

CONTEXT: Culture has a profound influence on our understanding of what is appropriate
care for patients at the end of life (EoL), but the evidence base is largely nonexistent …

Background Multiple factors influence the end-of-life (EoL) care and experience of poor
quality services by culturally-and spiritually-diverse groups. Access to EoL services eg …

Methods The author performed a literature review and incorporated published literature,
interviewed health care providers experienced in end-of-life care, and drew from her own …

Background: Cultural competency is increasingly recommended in policy and practice to
improve end-of-life (EoL) care for minority ethnic groups in multicultural societies. It is …

According to census data approximately 8% of the UK population is classified as an ethnic
minority. This is greater in Britain's urban areas and given associations between inner-city …

Culture creates the context within which individuals experience life and comprehend moral
meaning of illness, suffering and death. The ways the patient, family and the physician …

Cultural difference has been largely ignored within bioethics, particularly within the end-of-
life discourses and practices that have developed over the past two decades in the US …

Objectives There has been little research conducted to understand the essential meaning of
quality, community-based, end-of-life (EOL) care, despite the expansion of these services …