Supporting end-of-life care in a culturally diverse society

鉴于澳大利亚老龄化人口的多样性，对文化敏感的临终关怀的需求日益迫切。目前，临终计划以预先护理指示的形式得到推广和标准化，这在文化和语言不同的群体中接受程度较低。该项目的目的是确定和理论点的吸收和抵制超前护理计划在澳大利亚最大的亚洲人口。这一新知识将被用于制定与临终关怀偏好相关的跨文化理解策略。结果将对澳大利亚的社区态度、个人经验、专业协议以及最终的立法演变产生重大影响。

Given Australia's diverse ageing population, there is increasingly urgent need for culturally sensitive end-of-life care. Currently, end-of-life planning is promoted and standardised in the form of advance care directives, which have a lower uptake in culturally and linguistically diverse groups. The project aims to identify and theorise points of uptake and resistance to advance care planning in Australia's largest Asian populations. This new knowledge will be used to develop strategies for cross-cultural understanding in relation to end-of-life care preferences. The outcomes will have a strong bearing on how community attitudes, the experience of individuals, professional protocols, and ultimately, legislation evolve in Australia.