title: Native American Death Taboo: Implications for Health Care Providers.
abstract: This study was conducted to highlight Native American (NA) perspectives on death taboo in order to examine the cultural appropriateness of hospice services for NA patients, if any. Searching literature that addressed taboo and death from historical, psychological, sociological, and anthropological aspects, a comparison of death perspectives was made between NAs and European Americans. A culturally sensitive transition from palliative care to hospice care was suggested for NA patients and their family.
authors.affiliation: 1 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
authors.forename: Yoshiko Yamashita
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Colclough
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009656:North America; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology*; D013609:Taboo / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: death; end of life; hospice; native American; taboo