title: Cultural issues in death and dying.
abstract: Although all of us experience death, not all of us think about death or respond to death the same way. This study begins to explore how cultural traditions, education, and tenure in Hawaii impact views of advanced directives, organ donation, suicide, and euthanasia. This information is useful to physicians who need to engage patients and families in discussions about death and end-of-life decision making.
authors.affiliation: Center on Aging, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA. kbraun@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nichols
mesh_terms: D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology*; D032903:Confucianism; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005065:Euthanasia; D006254:Hawaii / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013405:Suicide; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology