Vulnerable Populations
Vulnerable Populations and End of Life Care
Project Lead: Victor Maddalena ()
in collaboration with听Health Association of African Canadians
Trainees: Farhana Kanth, Hao Wu, Skylan Parker
Objectives:听To review literature, meet with members and leaders of cultural groups who may have lower rates of palliative care use, and then design and carry out qualitative research with their communities to better understand how to provide appropriate culturally competent care at end of life.
Presentations
Victor Maddalena et al., 2012
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Sharon Davis-Murdoch, Nova Scotia Department of Health Presentaiton, 2009
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Farhana Kanth, 2006
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Skylan Parker, 2006
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Posters [PDFs]
Victor Maddalena, Wanda Thomas-Bernard, Joseph B. Etowa, et al., 2006
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Publications
Johnston, G., Vukic, A., Parker, S. (2013) . BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 3(1): 61-8.听听听 *Free article
Maddalena, V., Bernard, W.T., Davis-Murdoch, S., Smith, D. (2013) . Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 24(2): 144-52. doi:10.1177/1043659612472190
Bernard, W., Maddalena, V., Smith, D. (2013) Spirituality at end of life in Nova Scotia鈥檚 Black Community. Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, in press.
Maddalena, V., O鈥橲hea, F., Murphy, M. (2012) , Journal of Palliative Care, 28(2): 105-12.
Maddalena, V. (2010) An exploration of policy options to assist district health authorities in attending to the health needs of African Canadians: A case study. Leadership in Health Services, 23(1): 57-74.
Maddalena, V., Bernard, W.T., Etowa, J.B., Davis-Murdoch, S., Smith, D., & Marsh-Jarvis, P (2010) Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 21(2): 114-22. doi:10.1177/1043659609357634
Maddalena, V. (2007) . Leadership in Health Services, 20(2): 71-5. doi:10.1108/17511870710745402
Maddalena, V. (2006) . Journal of Palliative Care, 22(3): 225.
Maddalena, V., Bernard, W. T., Etowa, J. B., Davis-Murdoch, S., Smith, D., & Marsh-Jarvis, P. (2006) . Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 21(2): 114-22. doi:10.1177/1043659609357634