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Cultural Resources for End of Life Care
Ethnicity – Military Service – Gender Identity Homelessness – Religious & Spiritual Traditions
Gather Round:
Understanding How Culture Frames End of Life Choices for patients and Families
by Griffin Coleman, PhD and Judy Thomas, JD
A publications of the California Health Foundations whose mission is to help patients and families make care decisions that express their culture and values.
Find the document here
Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care
The coalition’s focus is helping Chinese Americans with advance care planning, assisting with palliative care and pain management, providing respite and hospice volunteer training, targeting education for members of the Chinese-American community, and meeting the critical need of educating health care professionals who serve Chinese Americans.
Key Topics on End of Life Care for African Americans
One of many helpful documents available for free download through Issue Lab, one of the largest open repositories for social sector knowledge. Issue Lab also offer services to help organizations better manage, synthesize, and share what they are learning.
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Why African Americans seniors are less likely to use hospice Listen to this PBS report.
Palliative Care in the African American Community
Nathan A. Boucher DrPH, Mythili Raghavan, Alexander Smith MD, Robert Arnold MD, Kimberly S Johnson MD
Learn more from the Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin
Hospice Foundation of America
Special Report: African Americans and End of Life Care. Educational DVD
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American Hospice Foundation
Latino Families and Hospice
By Barbara Kreling, PhD, MP
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Why POLST? a helpful video in Spanish
Hospice Foundation of America
Resources for LGBTQ Aging and End of Life
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EthnoMED
An excellent organization providing online cultural profiles for specific ethnic groups and more.
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PsychArmor Institute – cultural sensitivity for military veterans.
A non-profit organization devoted to providing critical resources to Americans so they can effectively engage with and support military service members, Veterans, and their families.
Because fewer than 7% of Americans serve or have served in uniform, most civilians are unfamiliar with military culture. As a result, members of the military and Veteran community often feel misunderstood and reluctant to seek support. Our mission is to bridge that civilian-military gap by educating a nation through free online training sessions. Find out what 15 things Veterans value the most.
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End of Life and Advance Care Planning Considerations for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Patients
Andrew Lawton, MD, Jocelyn White, MD and Erik, Fromme, MD, Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin
When Goals of Care Are Not Enough
UCLA program provides advance care planning and hospice to Santa Monica homeless community.
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Journal of Islamic Medical Association of North America
Muslim Attitudes Toward End of Life Decisions
by Gamal Badwahl, PhD
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Stanford Geriatric Education Center
A nationally recognized leader in the field of health care for elders from diverse populations. The center conducts a series of ten different online courses covering primary care for culturally diverse populations.
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Center for Jewish End of Life Care
An organization dedicated to facilitating conversations about the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of Jewish people affected by any advanced and terminal illness. For patients and families. physicians and professionals and religious leaders.
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Buddhist Ethics and End of Life Care Decisions
Andrew J. McCormick
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