Cultural Values, Preferences and Goals and of End of Life Care of Family Members of Patients with Life-Limiting Illness in Kumasi, Ghana: A Community-Based Study (TH370C)

Understanding patient and family cultural values, preferences and goals of care in patients with life-threatening illness is the first step in ensuring the provision of goal-concordant care. Palliative care (PC) programs are at their infancy in Ghana, with three PC physicians and four nurses at Komfo Anoyke Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, a city of 1.5m people. Ghana has a collectivist culture in which families and communities, not the individual, is central. Little is known about End of Life (EoL) care values, care preferences and goals of care.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 25, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Anita Eseenam Agbeko, Ronit Elk, Michael Owusu-Ansah Source Type: research