As stated previously, seeking healthcare is the last resort for the Hispanics, Hospice falls in that category as well. The biggest reasons for not seeking help is because of the lack of health insurance and the language barrier. They also believe that when the truth is spoken about death (the prognosis) to the one dying it can be harmful to the patient and a cruel to the family. Hispanic families do not plan for death, prepare for what is to come or care for their loved ones based on evidence based practice (Kreling, 2014). If Hispanics do not believe in Hospice and take their time seeking out medical care; what do they do to help their terminally ill? Hispanics who can afford it will turn to Western practices and those that can’t will turn to traditional practices. Traditional practices are those remedies that they can find from other family resources. Hispanics typically do not have health insurance so will travel back to Mexico to obtain their prescription drugs for a cheaper price (Fridinger,
As stated previously, seeking healthcare is the last resort for the Hispanics, Hospice falls in that category as well. The biggest reasons for not seeking help is because of the lack of health insurance and the language barrier. They also believe that when the truth is spoken about death (the prognosis) to the one dying it can be harmful to the patient and a cruel to the family. Hispanic families do not plan for death, prepare for what is to come or care for their loved ones based on evidence based practice (Kreling, 2014). If Hispanics do not believe in Hospice and take their time seeking out medical care; what do they do to help their terminally ill? Hispanics who can afford it will turn to Western practices and those that can’t will turn to traditional practices. Traditional practices are those remedies that they can find from other family resources. Hispanics typically do not have health insurance so will travel back to Mexico to obtain their prescription drugs for a cheaper price (Fridinger,