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Care-giving as a Canadian-Vietnamese tradition
— it's like eating, you just do it | | Author(s) | Rhonda Donovan, Allison M Williams |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 23, no 1, January 2015 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, January 2015 |
| Pages | pp 79-87 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/hsc |
| Keywords | Asian people ; Vietnam ; Family care ; Attitude ; Terminal care ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This study examineD how Vietnamese family caregivers (FCGs) perceive, manage and experience end-of-life care-giving for seriously ill family members. Using an instrumental case study design, this longitudinal qualitative research employed the use of cultural brokers/language interpreters to help ensure that the research was conducted in a culturally appropriate manner. Participants (n = 18) discussed their experiences of care-giving within the context of a traditional cultural framework, which was found to influence their motivations and approaches to care-giving, as well as their propensities towards the use of various supports and services. The study was carried out in southern Ontario, Canada, and participants were providing home-based care-giving in the community. Data were collected throughout 2010 and 2011. The ways in which care-giving was perceived and expressed are reflected in three themes: Natural: identity and care work; Intentional: whole-person care; and Intensive: standards, struggle and the context of care. This research confirms the need for culturally appropriate services and supports while illustrating that Vietnamese FCGs not only value, but are also likely to use healthcare and social services if they are language-accessible, built on trust and demonstrate respect for their values as individuals, regardless of culture. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150522262 A |
| Classmark | TKK: 7HM: P6:SJ: DP: LV: 3DP: 7S |
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