End of Life Clinical Topics
Medical Examiner and Issues of Culture
The King County Medical Examiner's Office at Harborview Medical Center (HMC) in Seattle, WA hosted a series of meetings to improve cross-cultural communication and competency in their work with members of local refugee and immigrant communities. The following information comes from those conversations.
Issues of Culture and the Role of Medical Examiner
Medical Examiner Dialogue - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
Cultural Perspectives on End of Life
End-of-Life Educational Curriculum
Other websites and programs providing educational information around end-of-life issues.
- Interpreting in Palliative Care
- As the use of palliative care grows, so does the diversity of patients who opt for it. The California Health Care Foundation has a free curriculum for trainers of medical interpreters that covers the topic with sensitivity.
- Culturally Competent End-of-Life Care course
- Talaria Inc provides some on-line training and educational tools. The 1st edition of "Culture and End of Life" is free for a single user. Other traning and CME available for cost on this topic and others.
