The ‘My Choice of Care’ project is the result of a collaboration with the Australian GLBTIQA+ Multicultural Council (AGMC). The aim of the project was to improve awareness among LGBTIQA+ individuals from multicultural multifaith (MCMF) backgrounds of their rights and options and create strategies of equity and inclusion among palliative care service providers. This report provides an overview of the project design and outcomes, research findings and recommendations.
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Research statement
Background
The aim was to improve awareness among LGBTIQA+ individuals from multicultural multifaith (MCMF) backgrounds of their rights and options and create strategies of equity and inclusion among palliative care service providers. This report provides an overview of the project design and outcomes, research findings and recommendations.
The available literature identifies a major absence
in defining, determining and discussing palliative
care in relation to intersectionality and the identities
and experiences of MCMF LGBTIQA+ individuals.
This report is the first of its kind in Australia,
which establishes a baseline for much needed further
research.
Contribution
This work produces new knowledge, and challenges conventions and reconceptualises practice around palliative care in regard to the intersections of LGBTIQ+, faith and ethnicity.
Significance
This work is the first in Australia and one of the very few internationally.