Advance care planning among older adults in Belgium with Turkish backgrounds and palliative care needs: A qualitative interview study.
Hakki DemirkapuLieve Van Den BlockStéphanie De MaesschalckDe Vleminck AlineF Zehra ColakDirk DevroeyPublished in: The European journal of general practice (2023)
Our sample of Turkish-origin older adults in Belgium requiring palliative care lacked ACP knowledge. Our findings suggest that their lack of engagement in discussing end-of-life medical care planning was linked to their family dynamics and religion. The findings have implications for healthcare providers to ethnic-minority groups.