Background
Australia is a culturally and ethnically diverse country.
Within such diversity there will be differing beliefs
systems about death and dying. This may be a challenging
prospect for health professionals.
Objective
This article discusses how cultural diversity may impact
care and provides some strategies for the general
practitioner when considering the provision of end of life
care.
Discussion
This article does not attempt to provide GPs with a
prescriptive approach to multicultural care, as this would
run the risk of stereotyping individuals. Rather, it discusses
the barriers to end of life care among different cultural and
ethnic groups, and suggests ways in which to improve
understanding of different cultural needs in end of life care.
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