Patient-Centered Care or Cultural Competence: Negotiating Palliative Care at Home for Chinese Canadian Immigrants

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 372-379

  Nielsen, Lisa Seto ^a   Angus, Jan E ^b   Howell, Doris ^b,c   Husain, Amna ^d   Gastaldo, Denise ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese immigrants; cultural competence; home care; hybridity; negotiation; palliative care; patient centered care; postcolonial theory

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84930148762     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: 19382715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909114527338     Document Type: Article

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