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Perceptions of Behavioral Awareness, Intention, and Readiness for Advance Care Planning: A Mixed-Method Study among Older Indigenous Patients with Late-Stage Cancers in Remote Areas of Eastern Taiwan

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  • In-Fun Li

    (Department of Nursing, Tamsui Branch, Mackay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 25160, Taiwan
    Department of Nursing, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan)

  • Sheng-Miauh Huang

    (Department of Nursing, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan)

  • Ching-Fang Lee

    (Department of Nursing, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan)

  • Yi-Heng Chen

    (Department of Nursing, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan)

  • Yvonne Hsiung

    (Department of Nursing, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan)

Abstract

The first Patient Right to Autonomy Act enacted in Asia in 2019 has enabled every Taiwanese citizen to plan for his/her end-of-life (EOL) in case of incompetency. Advance care planning (ACP) has been highly promoted for individuals with terminal, life-threatening illnesses, particularly in the mainstream society, and efforts have been made by the Taiwanese government to train health care providers in order to optimize patients’ quality of dying. However, such advanced decisions and discussions regarding life-sustaining treatment and EOL care remain scarce among older ethnically minority patients. A multiple-case study employing a mixed-method ( n = 9) was undertaken to explore indigenous patients’ ACP perceptions. Both quantitative and qualitative information was obtained from indigenous patients, a minority group whose socio-economic and educational status are different from the general Taiwanese population. An initiative was made to describe ACP behavioral awareness, intention, and readiness of older terminal patients from four tribes with seven late-stage cancers in remote, mountainous areas of eastern Taiwan. Our findings showed that according to the Transtheoretical Model, terminal indigenous patients’ ACP readiness was at a precontemplation stage. Their lack of fundamental ACP awareness, insufficient healthcare resources, life-sustaining value in a Christian faith context, and the prevalent health disparity in the remote communities have negatively affected indigenous patients’ intention to participate in ACP. We provide suggestions to further promote ACP in this group and suggest that health information should be tailored at various readiness stages in order to overcome barriers and decrease ACP literacy discrepancies. This study calls attention to an understudied area of ACP behaviors, an overlooked need in EOL care for older cancer patients of unique cultural backgrounds, and the imperativeness to ensure cultural minority group’s EOL care is consistent with patients’ preferences.

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  • In-Fun Li & Sheng-Miauh Huang & Ching-Fang Lee & Yi-Heng Chen & Yvonne Hsiung, 2021. "Perceptions of Behavioral Awareness, Intention, and Readiness for Advance Care Planning: A Mixed-Method Study among Older Indigenous Patients with Late-Stage Cancers in Remote Areas of Eastern Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-16, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:16:p:8665-:d:615674
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    1. Hsin-Lung Chan & In-Fun Li & Ling-Chun Tseng & Yvonne Hsiung, 2020. "Exploring Behavioral Readiness and Program Strategies to Engage Older Community Residents in Advance Care Planning: A Pilot Mixed-Method Study in Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-20, June.
    2. Sok Shin Yap & Karren Chen & Karen M Detering & Scott A Fraser, 2018. "Exploring the knowledge, attitudes and needs of advance care planning in older Chinese Australians," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(17-18), pages 3298-3306, September.
    3. Jiun-Hao Wang, 2015. "Happiness and Social Exclusion of Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan - A Social Sustainability Perspective," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(2), pages 1-14, February.
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