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"It's different from my culture; they're very different"
— providing community-based, "culturally competent" palliative care for South Asian people in the UK | | Author(s) | Alastair Owens, Gurch Randhawa |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 12, no 5, September 2004 |
| Pages | pp 414-421 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Asian people ; Cancer ; Terminal care ; Attitude ; Personnel ; Luton. |
| Annotation | The findings are discussed of a phenomenological study of service providers' attitudes to and experiences of caring for South Asian cancer patients in Luton. 10 semi-structured in-depth interviews were carried out with a range of staff who work in home- and community-based palliative care settings, including nurses, community liaison personnel and representatives of non-statutory organisations. The authors consider how these service providers construct ideas of cultural difference, and how these relate to philosophies of palliative care. They examine attempts to deal with cultural diversity in everyday practice, focusing particularly on the social context of care in the home. The paper considers ways in which staff attempt to incorporate the cultural needs of patients, family, kin and community. Rather than criticising current working practices, the authors highlight the complexity of delivering culturally competent services from the perspective of those working directly with patients. In doing so, they contribute to ongoing debates about the development of anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041130205 A |
| Classmark | TKK: CK: LV: DP: QM: 8BD |
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