Journal of general internal medicine
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Multicenter Study
Cross-cultural similarities and differences in attitudes about advance care planning.
Culture may have an important impact on a patient's decision whether to perform advance care planning. But the cultural attitudes influencing such decisions are poorly defined. This hypothesis-generating study begins to characterize those attitudes in 3 American ethnic cultures. ⋯ While grounded in values that may compose part of American core culture, advance care planning may need tailoring to a patient's specific ethnic views.