Key features of palliative care service delivery to Indigenous peoples in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States: a comprehensive review

Table 2 Preferences of Indigenous populations at the end-of-life

Preferences		Australia	Canada	NZ	USA	No. of articles
Family and Community	Community Support	None identified	X [32, 35]	X [11]	X [2, 29, 39]	6
	Presence of Families	X [40]	X [32]	X [9, 11, 24, 26]	X [27, 29]	8
	Families Involved in Decision-making	X [14, 31]	X [42]	X [24, 26, 30]	X [27]	7
	Families Involved in Care	X [14]	X [32]	X [9, 11, 26, 41]	X [23, 29, 39]	9
Spiritual and Cultural	Die at Home	X [14, 31, 40]	X [32, 33, 42]	X [11, 26, 41]	X [2, 23, 27, 29, 39, 43]	15
	Ceremonies	X [14, 40]	X [32, 33, 35, 42]	X [26]	X [29, 43]	9
	Language	X [14]	None identified	X [26]	X [39]	3
	Spiritual	X [28, 31, 40]	X [32, 35, 42]	X [41]	X [27]	8
	Pass on Knowledge	X [40]	X [32]	None identified	X [2]	3
Service Delivery	Staff	X [14, 28]	X [32, 42]	X [9]	X [27]	6

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