title: Selected issues in palliative care among East Jerusalem Arab residents.
abstract: Understanding of cultural context is important when working with Palestinian patients, particularly in Israeli hospitals. Cultural competence includes individual assessment of communication needs and preferences. "This is God's will and one mustn't protest. A person who believes accepts all that God gives" (patient quote).
authors.affiliation: Oncology Day Care Unit and Social Work Coordinator, Breast Cancer Services Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Hanan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qasem
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010820:Physicians