Resumen

End-of-life care decisions are challenging for most people and cultural beliefs may facilitate or hinder such decisions. Advance care planning provides a venue to interact with and communicate to healthcare professionals a person’s documented health and medical treatment wishes at end of life. Open communication, cultural accommodation, and mutual understanding among the healthcare provider, patient, and family are key to effective advance care planning. This article discusses how Hispanic/Latino people address end-of-life care and what cultural aspects are especially relevant for this population. The nurse’s role in assisting Hispanic/Latinos with advanced care planning is presented at various levels of the nursing professional spectrum.

Palabras clave: End of life decision making Hispanic-Latinos nursing advance care planning.

2011-10-20   |   547 visitas   |   Evalua este artículo 0 valoraciones

Vol. 27 Núm.1. Enero-Julio 2011 Pags. 124-134 Salud Uninorte 2011; 27(1)