Mexican Americans: Perspectives on Death and Dying

Mexican Americans: Hispanic Americans who die and die are the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States, most of them Mexican (Kemp, 2001). The Roman Catholic Church plays an important role in the culture and daily life of many Mexican Americans. Therefore, medical personnel must have the cultural ability to cope with the various beliefs of these people. Nurses must have the knowledge and skills they need to provide care that is consistent with the patient's cultural beliefs and practices (Kearney-Nunnery, 2010).

The latest three books tell the story of contemporary death culture. They are targeting different audiences, but when they think together, they deepen our awareness of the current death culture and opportunity for transformation. This review article explores the direction of healthcare systems for those who die with the lenses provided by these books: Final Action: Death, Death, and editing by Nan Bauer-Maglin and Donna Perry, our Selected Helen Stanton Chapple's Rescue Ideology, Hospice Care and Hospice Care by Stephen R. Connor. Each book identifies a particular aspect of a healthcare system that contributes to cultures that deny and resist death.

Death and death are subjects that influence and stimulate the strong emotions of almost everyone, including health care workers. No matter who may die, no one will be indifferent because of the unavoidable consequences. If this possibility is forced to undergo treatment and ongoing medical treatment for hours, weeks, even several months due to illness or accident, it is close to or deaths among people in the center of the epicenter The possibility strongly echoes. Even in the case of health care and other experts experienced in this field and experts who are theoretically ready to face this situation, this approach is very complicated. In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), people can better understand the process of death, the impact it has on health care workers, and the relationship between patients and their families.