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 …

Aim To assess the cultural acceptability and appropriateness of an English end-of-life survey
questionnaire translated into Bengali for use in east London. Study design Group …

With an increasingly ageing population there will be a rising demand for palliative care,
including from older migrants and ethnic minorities. While many (future) physicians are …

Within palliative care, clear and open communication about death is encouraged.
Euphemisms are discouraged as threats to promoting clear understanding of the prognosis; …

In any society, the response to health and illness is shaped bycultural traits, values and rules
and learned through participation in that society. In Australia, there are significant cultural …

Given the demographic changes occurring in the Australian population, healthcare
professionals inevitably come to care for patients from a diverse range of cultural …

Background: Internationally, efforts are being made to promote equity in palliative and end-
of-life care for Indigenous peoples. There is a need to better understand the experiences of …

End-of-life care requires knowledgeable and culturally sensitive clinicians to assist patients
and families dealing with the difficult journey of death. The authors present important end-of …

Aims and objectives. The purpose of this study is to explore the social construction of cultural
issues in palliative care amongst oncology nurses. Background. Australia is a nation …

The ageing and frail migrants who are at the end of life are an increasing share of migrants
living in Australia. However, within such populations, information about end-of-life …