CONTEXT: Patients from minority ethnic groups experience lower rates of referrals to end-of-
life (EoL) care services, higher levels of dissatisfaction with services, and perceive some …

Background: Existing quantitative evidence suggests that at a population level,
socioeconomic factors affect access to preferred place of death. However, the influence of …

Research has abundantly demonstrated a strong relationship between culture, religion, and
the experiences of death, dying, and bereavement. Consequently, cultural competence and …

Despite growing research in the UK suggesting that patients from black and ethnic minority
groups feel that they do not always receive the best treatment and care, little is known about …

This exceptional work explores the complexities of communication at one of the most critical
stages of the life experience--during advanced, serious illness and at the end of life …

Identification of nurses' experiences of caring for culturally diverse patients in acute care
settings contributes to transcultural nursing knowledge. This qualitative study aims to …

Background: Stakeholders are people with an interest in a topic. Internationally, stakeholder
involvement in palliative care research and health technology assessment requires …

The National End-of-life Care Strategy for England identifies that a lack of open discussion
about death and dying can be a barrier to achieving good quality end-of-life care. South …

OBJECTIVES: To describe the complexities in end-of-life care of children and adolescents
dying cancer-related deaths. DATA SOURCES: Research studies, review articles, and …

• Background Attempts to improve end-of-life care increasingly focus on family-centered
care, but few validated assessment tools exist.• Objectives To evaluate 3 new short …