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The Nature of Care: Cultural and Clinical Perspectives

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Ethnic minority communities<br />

• “exceptional willingness by staff to learn about<br />

<strong>and</strong> meet needs”<br />

• “powerful philosophy <strong>of</strong> individualised care”<br />

• “we should treat every case as a transcultural<br />

encounter – even with people <strong>of</strong> our own<br />

cultural background”<br />

[Lake R quoted in Johnson, MRD (2009) End <strong>of</strong> life care in ethnic minorities. British Medical<br />

Journal 338:a2989 doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2989]

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