Palliative Care and Traditional Practices of Death and Dying in Wa'ab (Yap Proper) and in the Outer Islands of Yap

BACKGROUND: Death remains one of the most important and significant activities in Yap, an event that involves the entire island. A death of a Yapese not only unites the family, it initiates a complex series of reaffirmed kinship ties, rituals and exchanges that refocus the entire community and creat...

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Main Authors: Maskarinec, Gregory G, Yalmadau, Kelly, Maluchmai, Maryann R, Tun, Petra, Yinnifel, Cyril, Hancock, W Thane
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: University Clinical, Education & Research Associate (UCERA) 2011
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Pacific Islander Health II Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3254221/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22235155
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