A qualitative exploration of allied health providers' perspectives on cultural humility in palliative and end-of-life care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cultural factors, including religious or cultural beliefs, shape patients' death and dying experiences, including palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care preferences. Allied health providers must understand their patients' cultural preferences to support them in palliative and EOL care effectively. Cultural humility is a practice which requires allied health providers to evaluate their own values, biases, and assumptions and be open to learning from others, which may enhance cross-cultural interactions by allowing providers to understand patients' perceptions of and preferences for their health, illness, and dying. However, there is limited knowledge of how allied health providers apply cultural humility in palliative and EOL care within a Canadian context. Thus, this stud

SUBMITTER: Singh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10337104 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature