The role of acculturation in the process of advance care planning among Chinese immigrants: A narrative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acculturation is the process of two different cultures coming into contact. It is unclear how acculturation influences Chinese immigrants' engagement in advance care planning due to the complexity and multifaceted nature of both acculturation and advance care planning.

Aims

To synthesize evidence regarding the role of Chinese immigrants' acculturation in their engagement in advance care planning.

Design

Systematic mixed-method review, registered in PROSPERO (CRD42021231822).

Data sources

EMBASE, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched for publications until January 21, 2021.

Results

Twenty-one out of 1112 identified articles were included in the analysis. Of those 21 articles, 17 had a qualitative design and 13 originated fro

SUBMITTER: Zhu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503260 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature