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Cultural influences on end of life decision making in Japan: why the patient cannot make a decision. 2 November 2022

Cultural influences on end of life decision making in Japan: why the patient cannot make a decision.

Written by Yumi Naito

Yumi Naito, Casual Academic at the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, discusses how cultural influences impact advanced care planning and care in Japan and the absence of individual decision making by the patient. 

Helping Australia's diverse carers and communities make end of life care decisions 20 October 2022

Helping Australia's diverse carers and communities make end of life care decisions

Written by Mark Boughey

Associate professor Mark Boughey, Deputy Director, Centre for Palliative Care and Director of Palliative Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne discusses CarerHelp, end of life care and the new information and resources that are available on the CarerHelp website for Australia's diverse communities. 

Evidence that diversity matters in palliative care 29 September 2022

Evidence that diversity matters in palliative care

Written by Dr. Katrina Erny-Albrecht

Dr. Katrina Erny-Albrecht, Senior Research Fellow, CareSearch, discusses the intersecting barriers that Australia's diverse population face when accessing health care, the importance of supporting varied needs at the end of life, and how the CareSearch Diversity Hub helps to address barriers and connects communities with the support they need. 

Translated health resources: From the perspective of a Greek cultural consultant 7 September 2022

Translated health resources: From the perspective of a Greek cultural consultant

Written by Antonios Maglis

Antonios Maglis, Community Engagement and Capacity Building Officer at PRONIA, discusses translated health resources, Greek culture and how the community manages advanced care, and death and dying.

Translated health resources: from the perspective of an Indian cultural consultant 24 August 2022

Translated health resources: from the perspective of an Indian cultural consultant

Written by Neha Gogia

Neha Gogia, Academic Research Assistant at the University of Melbourne and Anti-Racism Advocate at Eastern Community Legal Centre, discusses the importance of translated health information and death and dying from the perspective of Indian culture and values. 

Valuing diversity when designing online information technology 10 August 2022

Valuing diversity when designing online information technology

Written by Amanda Adams

Amanda Adams, researcher for the Research Centre in Palliative Care, Death and Dying at Flinders University, discusses how social determinants influence online interactions and how diversity can be a mechanism for interface improvement. 

Reflections of a CarerHelp Cultural Consultant 27 July 2022

Reflections of a CarerHelp Cultural Consultant

Written by Eman Al-Dasuqi

Eman Al-Dasuqi, Cultural Consultant, Cultural Competence Trainer and National Health Education Support Officer, discusses the importance of translated information for the Arabic community, and the differences and challenges a person from Arabic culture may face whilst caring.

 

CarerHelp at CNSA National Congress June 2022 14 July 2022

CarerHelp at CNSA National Congress June 2022

Written by Di Saward

Di Saward outlines her experiences as an exhibiter at the event

Translating health resources for Australia’s diverse population 7 July 2022

Translating health resources for Australia’s diverse population

Written by Sonia Sanchez Moreno

Sonia Sanchez Moreno, director and founder of Sylaba Translations, discusses the importance of translated health information, as well as the biggest considerations and challenges of translating.

CarerHelp: Making a difference to carers 10 December 2021

CarerHelp: Making a difference to carers

Since its release, there have been over 30,000 visitors to the website with around forty people a day making use of these resources.

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