'The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners'
Abstract
Despite Australia's cultural diversity, there is little doubt that ethnic minority groups continue to have less access to health care systems, let alone culturally appropriate care, including palliative and end of life care. Such disparity of access for all individuals requiring such care ignores a basic human right to live and die in comfort. This article will discuss some barriers that may limit people of different cultural backgrounds receiving appropriate palliative and end of life care, and provides some generic approaches that may assist general practitioners when considering care needs of people from different cultural backgrounds. It also highlights care issues that GPs may need to consider when providing terminal care for someone from a different cultural background
