Handling Cultural Sensitivities in End of Life Care
According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, ethnic minorities currently compose approximately one-third of the population of the United States. According to the same source, the U.S. model of health care, which values autonomy in medical decision making, is not easily applied to members of some racial or ethnic groups. To learn more about cultural sensitivity during end of life care, visit http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050201/515.html
Contacts at BWH to help with this issue include Kathleen Gallivan, director, Chaplaincy Services; Katherine Mitchell, Chaplaincy Services or Gina Deshazer, RN, Nursing Diversity Fellow.