Background Effective nurse–patient communication is important in improving quality of
health care. However, there are several barriers to nurse–patient communication in Saudi …

Background Limited guidance exists on culturally sensitive communication related to
interactions between clinicians, patients and families. Objectives To explore the concept of …

Although nursing has a unique contribution to advancing social justice in health care
practices and education, and although social justice has been claimed as a core value of …

Background Cultural diversity often leads to misunderstandings, clashes, conflicts,
ethnocentrism, discrimination, and stereotyping due to the frequent intersection of many …

Background Moral distress is a serious problem in healthcare environments that requires
urgent attention and management. It occurs when healthcare providers are unable to …

The increasing demographic changes of populations in many countries require an approach
for managing the complexity of sociocultural differences. Such an approach could help …

The increasing interest in the role of racism and racialization in health disparities, calls for
exploring new paradigms in addressing and eliminating health disparities related to …

Purpose To explore the experiences of expatriate nurses caring for Muslim patients near
end-of-life in a palliative care unit in the United Arab Emirates. Methods A qualitative …

Introduction Intensive care unit patients and families experience significant stress. It creates
frustrations, nervousness, irritability, social isolation for patients, anxiety, and depression for …

Background The provision of appropriate end of life care for patients who have different life
experiences, beliefs, value systems, religions, languages, and notions of healthcare, can be …