title: Working with Russian-Jewish immigrants in end-of-life care settings.
abstract: This article examines Russian-Jewish immigrant clients' attitudes toward death and dying in the context of today's health care system. Aspects of individuals' collective past--such as the traumatic history of their country of origin; cultural prohibitions against discussing pain, suffering, and death; and the lack of familiarity with palliative care that are likely to affect their decisions about end-of-life care--are discussed. Case vignettes are provided, with a discussion on how best to engage these clients in therapeutic work.
authors.affiliation: a Multicultural Care Solutions , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Leonid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Newhouse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology*; D003469:Culture; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012426:Russia / Q000208:ethnology; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology