Braun K L, Nichols R
School of Public Health, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA.
Death Stud. 1997 Jul-Aug;21(4):327-59. doi: 10.1080/074811897201877.
Among ethnic minorities, the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) American group is the fastest growing, and, as a whole, is quite longevous. Although there is a significant literature on the history and religious traditions of API cultures, little has been published on death rituals and beliefs of the American descendants of these groups. The purpose of this study was to begin to explore cultural variations in response to the process of dying and grieving among four Asian American populations--Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Filipino. To this end, key informants and focus group interviews were conducted with members of these ethnic groups, and significant differences among, and within, groups were found. The small size and Hawaiian base of the sample preclude generalization of findings to the United States as a whole. However, this study provides health care workers with information that can increase their awareness of and sensitivity to Asian American approaches to death and dying.
在少数族裔中，亚太裔美国人是增长最快的群体，总体而言，他们相当长寿。尽管有大量关于亚太裔文化历史和宗教传统的文献，但关于这些群体在美国的后裔的死亡仪式和信仰的出版物却很少。本研究的目的是开始探索四个亚裔美国人群体（华裔、日裔、越南裔和菲律宾裔）在面对死亡和悲伤过程中的文化差异。为此，对这些族裔群体的成员进行了关键信息提供者访谈和焦点小组访谈，并发现了群体之间和群体内部的显著差异。样本规模较小且以夏威夷为基地，这使得研究结果无法推广至整个美国。然而，本研究为医护人员提供了信息，可增强他们对亚裔美国人对待死亡和临终方式的认识和敏感度。
