What are the priorities for developing culturally appropriate palliative and end-of-life care for older people? The views of healthcare staff working in New Zealand

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-34

  Bellamy, Gary ^a   Gott, Merryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Culture; End of life care; Ethnicity; Older people; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; POPULATION GROUPS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870664956     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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