Health-related quality of life and culture.
OBJECTIVE
To clarify the relationship between quality of life (QOL) and culture.


METHODS
Journal articles, proceedings, and clinical experience.


CONCLUSIONS
QOL is a subjective, multidimensional experience of well-being that is culturally constructed as individuals seek safety and security, a sense of integrity and meaning in life, and a sense of belonging in one's social network.


CONCLUSIONS
In a society where health disparities between diverse groups are known to exist, it is incumbent upon nurses to consider the impact of ethnicity/culture on the health care they deliver and on the QOL of their patients.
Department of Asian American Studies, University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA.
Marjorie
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Kagawa-Singer
Geraldine V
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Padilla
Kimlin
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Ashing-Giwa
D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005086:Existentialism / Q000523:psychology; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000639:trends*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012933:Social Identification; D029181:Spirituality; D013240:Stereotyping; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology