Cultural Considerations Panel

Cultural Considerations: A Panel Discussion

Moderator: Shaye Starkey, LCSW 

Panelists: Sandy Chen Stokes, RN, MSN; Wanda Ferguson, RN, BSN, MSN, PHN;  Norma I. del Río, MA, MSW;  Monica Nowakowski, LCSW 

Advance care planning conversations benefit from including awareness of and sensitivity to different cultural practices and beliefs of patients and families. Communicating effectively to increase our understanding of individual, cultural, and spiritual approaches to health care choices is an important component of effective advance care planning. Learn how to view end-of-life care through a cultural lens. This general session panel will share important insight into the perspectives of the Chinese, African American, Latino, and LGBTQ communities when engaging in discussions about endof-life care preferences.

A session from the Critical Conversations: An Advance Care Planning Summit for Advocates program hosted by the ACCMA and the East Bay Conversation Project on October 11, 2018.