KWF inclusive palliative care: to go or not to go? When patients with a Turkish background are considering treatment for incurable cancer in Turkey

Project: Research project

Project Details

Description

Due to different cultural and religious values, providing care for people with a Turkish background when they are diagnosed with advanced cancer may be complicated. These people tend to travel to Turkey for often aggressive anti-cancer therapy. For various reasons, this routine is not in accordance with the Dutch standard for palliative care.

The overall ambition of this project is to improve palliative care for Dutch people of Turkish background with advanced cancer by gaining a better understanding of 1) the perspectives of these patients and their relatives when considering treatment in Turkey for their advanced cancer, 2) the perspectives of relevant Dutch and Turkish healthcare professionals, 3) the decision-making process regarding treatment in Turkey for patients with advanced cancer, and 4) to develop and animation/ movie and two guidance documents for patients with a Turkish background and healthcare professions respectively .

Key findings

Intercultural Communication, Ethnography of illness, Health Humanities
Short titleShould I stay or Should I go
AcronymGonogo
StatusActive
Effective start/end date2/06/2531/05/30

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Cancer
  • Intercultural Communication
  • health care
  • humanities
  • Settled migrant communities
  • Turkish
  • Ethnography
  • Ethnicity

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