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This admonition from members of the Navajo community arose in response to the discussions of terminal illness and a patient’s desire for life-support—both of which are implicit topics in discussions of advance directives.
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Searight, H.R. (2019). History and Background of End-of-Life Decision-Making and Culture. In: Ethical Challenges in Multi-Cultural Patient Care. SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23544-4_1
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