Background: As end-of-life (EoL) care expands across Europe and the world, service
developments are increasingly studied. The sociocultural context in which such changes …

America's increasingly diverse older population needs clinicians to be familiar with ethnic
and cultural issues pertaining to end‐of‐life care (EOLC). Although there has been some …

The limited data about the epidemiology concerning the settings where elderly persons die
include a variety of social, cultural, and economic factors. Unfortunately, even less is known …

Objectives In the light of an increasingly diverse older population in the United States, there
is an ongoing discussion on how cultural factors contribute to individual long-term care …

Context Older and seriously ill Australians are often admitted to hospital in the last year of
their life. The extent to which these individuals have considered important aspects of end-of …

Introduction Increasing longevity means more people will be dying in very old age, but little
is known about the preferences of the 'oldest old'regarding their care at the end of life. Aims …

OBJECTIVES: To identify differences in advanced care planning and end‐of‐life decision‐
making between whites and blacks aged 70 and older. DESIGN: The Asset and Health …

This is a retrospective study using secondary data to investigate variation in site of death by
ethnicity and to determine how hospice enrollment affects site of death. Data for this study …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between ethnicity and Health Care wishes,
including Advance Directives, in a group of frail older persons in PACE (Program For All …

The objective of this study was to explore factors influencing Taiwanese older adults' end-of-
life (EOL) care preferences. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted in 2 …