Abstract
Critical care nurses are providing healthcare for an increasingly multicultural population. This ever-increasing diversity in cultures and subcultures presents a challenge to nurses who want to provide culturally competent care. It is common for patients and families to face difficult decisions about end-of-life care in critical care units, and minority cultures do not always believe in the Westerner's core values of patient autonomy and self-determination. Knowledge of these cultural differences is fundamental if critical care nurses wish to provide appropriate and culturally competent information regarding end-of-life decisions.
MeSH terms
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Asian / ethnology
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Asian / statistics & numerical data
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Attitude of Health Personnel / ethnology
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Attitude to Death / ethnology
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Attitude to Health / ethnology
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Black or African American / ethnology
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Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
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Clinical Competence
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Communication
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Critical Care* / organization & administration
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Critical Care* / psychology
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Cultural Diversity*
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Decision Making
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Hispanic or Latino / ethnology
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Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data
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Humans
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Indians, North American / ethnology
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Indians, North American / statistics & numerical data
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Nurse-Patient Relations
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Nursing Staff, Hospital / education
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Nursing Staff, Hospital / organization & administration
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Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology
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Patient Advocacy / education
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Patient Advocacy / psychology
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Personal Autonomy
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Terminal Care* / organization & administration
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Terminal Care* / psychology
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Transcultural Nursing / education
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Transcultural Nursing / organization & administration
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Truth Disclosure
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United States
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White People / ethnology
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White People / statistics & numerical data