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Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Palliative Care Patients' Journeys At The End-Of-Life, Anna Green, Natalia Jerzmanowska, Marguerite Green, Elizabeth Lobb

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Objective: To understand the clinical and psychosocial journey of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) palliative care patients.

Method: This study was conducted at a subacute hospital with a specialist palliative care unit and a community palliative care service in a metropolitan region of New South Wales, Australia. Medical records of 100 deceased patients from CALD backgrounds over a 12-month period from 2014 to 2015 were recorded on a data mining tool. The cohort had transitioned to either community or inpatient palliative care services with a life-limiting illness. We used descriptive statistical analyses to identify the patients’ end-of-life journeys in the …