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Yet, Chinese families\u2019 experiences and perception of inpatient PC remain unknown.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Identify barriers and facilitators to culturally respectful PC for Chinese immigrant inpatients and their caregivers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prospective, exploratory qualitative design involving phenomenological interviews.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting\/Subjects:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We consecutively recruited (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 15) Chinese immigrant patients and their caregivers (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 14) referred to PC at one Canadian academic teaching hospital. We collected participant self-reported sociodemographics and Suinn-Lew acculturation level and conducted semi-structured interviews (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 10) in Mandarin and\/or English. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, translated, and thematically analyzed using Tan\u2019s Health Communication framework.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients were older-aged (mean = 73.5\u2009\u00b1\u200916.2 years), 53.3% female, 60% college-educated, 66.7% nonreligious, and 93.3% diagnosed with cancer and had low acculturation (mean = 1.8\u2009\u00b1\u20090.9\/5.0). Caregivers were middle-aged (mean = 50.6\u2009\u00b1\u200915.5 years), 78.6% children, 57.1% female, 85.7% college-educated, and 71.4% nonreligious and had moderate acculturation (mean = 2.5\u2009\u00b1\u20091.2\/5.0). We identified four themes from post-consultation interviews: abandonment and alienation mark past experiences with serious illness care; emphasizing expertise and symptom relief may help overcome initial ambivalence toward PC; PC brokers competing priorities within the family unit; and PC alleviates time-related distress by addressing illness understanding.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Chinese patients and caregivers may prefer a PC approach that is sensitive to historical mistrust, leverages expertise in symptom management to inspire confidence, and accommodates the information and care preferences of the family unit. 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