Background: Palliative care, a division of health care that provides treatment to patients
facing terminal or incurable illness, prioritizes maintaining quality of life for the patients it …

This chapter defines culture and the complexity of its components as they relate to palliative
care, emphasizing that one's own values, practices, and beliefs impact care. This is not …

The definition of culture, as an integrated pattern of learned beliefs and behaviors that
include thoughts, styles of communicating, ways of interacting, values, practices, and …

Ending life with dignity, with freedom from pain and with appropriate social, psychological,
spiritual and medical support are widely accepted as attributes of good palliative care, but …

Culture has become an important concept for those who research, create, and deliver policy
in palliative care. In palliative care, most discussions of the concept of culture revolve around …

Palliative care is gaining acceptance across the world. However, even when palliative care
resources exist, both the delivery and distribution of services too often are neither equitably …

Significant disparity exists among non-Western and minority individuals in hospice and
palliative care services. A cross-cultural approach that addresses the needs of these …

In their research, scholars have documented racial and ethnic differences in end-of-life care
preferences, which have translated into cultural barriers. However, few studies have …

Palliative care is increasingly confronted with cultural diversity. This can lead to various
problems in practice. In this perspective article, the authors discuss in more detail which …

OBJECTIVES: To review the common issues at the end of life across cultures and the
measures that can be taken to address these issues. DATA SOURCES: Published articles …