Dealing with cultural diversity in palliative care

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SIX, Stefaan | BILSEN, Johan | DESCHEPPER, Reginald

Palliative care is increasingly confronted with cultural diversity. This can lead to various problems in practice. In this perspective article, the authors discuss in more detail which issues play a role in culture-sensitive palliative care, why naive culturalism will not solve such problems and in which direction research into this aspect of care can be further elaborated.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002511

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