Survey on Death and Dying in Hong Kong: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Preferred End-of-Life Care.

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    • Subject Terms:
      SOCIAL surveys; DEATH; PALLIATIVE treatment; SOCIAL workers; FAMILIES; MULTICULTURALISM; SOCIAL context; IMMIGRANTS
    • Subject Terms:
      HONG Kong (China); CHINA
    • Abstract:
      Social Workers in end-of-life and palliative care have a particular opportunity to ease the dying process by providing culturally appropriate services to the dying and their families. In today's multicultural social environment, with an ever-increasing immigrant population, social workers are challenged to be knowledgeable about diverse cultures. Recently, a forum of health care professionals and social workers in Hong Kong conducted a survey of the general population to assess death and dying attitudes, beliefs, and preferences for end-of-life care. Four-hundred-thirty Hong Kong Chinese participated in a telephone interview. Responses were compared by gender. The survey results not only contribute to an understanding of Hong Kong Chinese, hut can in- form social workers who practice with Chinese immigrants to the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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