Pallative care advice for dementia ‘culturally sensitive’

November 15, 2012

The translation and adaptation of a Canadian palliative care decision-making booklet for patients with dementia and their families into Italian, Dutch, and Japanese reveals several culturally sensitive topics, show study results. Overall, the Italian translation followed the Canadian original most closely, while the Japanese version was the most different, remark the researchers in the Journal of Medical Ethics. (News Medical)