title: Hope and harm: a delicate balance. Death and dying in multicultural Australia.
abstract: Australia's cultural diversity poses challenges to healthcare professionals, particularly in caring for dying people. Different cultures have different attitudes to the role of the doctor, patient autonomy and disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis. Doctors need to recognise the cultural and spiritual needs of patients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Greenwich Hospital, Sydney, NSW. dcampbel@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology*; D001315:Australia; D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure