Tools for Practice

This resource was developed to provide an overview of some common cultural beliefs and traditions in the context of health...

Based on earlier work done on cultural competency by the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada, see http://www.ipac-amic.org/publications.php, an extensive...

Free online outreach guides for health care providers to enhance access and palliative care in these diverse communities.

This document highlights the experience of First Nations, Inuit and Métis (FNIM) people around accessing palliative and end of life...

This book provides information about the beliefs, customs and practices of the world's major religions, with particular regard to how these influence...

First Nations, Inuit and Métis share stories about living with serious illness and grief in over 170 short video clips....

In this video Aboriginal Elders and community members describe the diversity of protocol that First Nations follow when a community...

LivingMyCulture.ca shares the lived experience of sixty-four people from eleven cultures. Stories about traditions, rituals and spirituality, experiences of care,...

Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and...

This fact sheet by the Open Society Public Health Program discusses the recognition of palliative care under international human rights...