The Nature of Care: Cultural and Clinical Perspectives

Ethnic minority communities
• access proportionally fewer palliative care services than
the majority population
• because of
– lack of knowledge and awareness of palliative care
services among ethnic communities
– communication difficulties between service providers and
users
– mistrust and dissatisfaction with services
– lack of accessible information leading to
misunderstandings around the nature of the illness and
prognosis
[Worth et al, 2009]