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Is Death Taboo for Older Chinese Immigrants?
- Source :
- Omega: Journal of Death & Dying; Mar2022, Vol. 84 Issue 4, p1061-1080, 20p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Much of the scholarly literature sees death as a taboo topic for Chinese. To test this assumption, this study held seven focus groups in the Greater Toronto Area in 2017. It found that the majority of the older Chinese immigrant participants talked about death freely using either the word death or a euphemism. They talked about various issues including medical treatment and end-of-life care, medical assistance in dying, death preparation, and so on. A small number did not talk about death, but it seemed their reluctance was related to anxiety or discomfort or simply reflected a choice of words. The study concludes death as taboo could be a myth, at least for older Chinese immigrants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- IMMIGRANTS
WELL-being
HEALTH
DEATH
ANXIETY
PALLIATIVE treatment
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00302228
- Volume :
- 84
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Omega: Journal of Death & Dying
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155284249
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222820927883