Respecting Cultural Differences in Goals of Care Conversations

Authors

  • Divya Choudhury Lovett College, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Nico Nortjé Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7202/1065694ar

Keywords:

goals of care, conversations, patients, culture, values

Language(s):

English

Abstract

Goals of care conversations are often tough when patients face a poor prognosis, yet when patients are from a different culture it may be even more difficult. However, seeing cultural values as complementing rather than opposing could be beneficial to the care of the patient.

Open issue, (c) Emanuelle Dufour

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Published

2019-11-11

How to Cite

[1]
Choudhury D, Nortjé N. Respecting Cultural Differences in Goals of Care Conversations. Can. J. Bioeth 2019;2:143-4. https://doi.org/10.7202/1065694ar.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2019): Open Issue

Section

Case studies

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Copyright (c) 2019 Nico Nortjé

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