Values and preferences for future end-of-life care among the indigenous Sámi.

Intoduction: Research with Indigenous peoples internationally indicates the importance of socio-cultural contexts for end-of-life (EoL) preferences. However, knowledge about values and preferences for future EoL care among the Indigenous Sámi is limited.

Aim: We investigated if and how a Swedish adaptation of the English-language GoWish cards, DöBra cards, supports reflection and discussion of values and preferences for future EoL care among the Sámi.

A Salutogenic Perspective on End-of-Life Care among the Indigenous Sámi of Northern Fennoscandia.

There is limited empirical data about both health and end-of-life (EoL) issues among the Indigenous Sámi of Fennoscandia. We therefore aimed to investigate experiences of EoL care and support among the Sámi, both from the Sámi community itself as well as from more formalized health and social care services in Sweden. Our primary data source is from focus group discussions (FGDs) held at a Sámi event in 2017 with 24 people, complemented with analysis of previously collected data from 15 individual interviews with both Sámi and non-Sámi informants familiar with dying, death and bereavement among Sámi; "go-along" discussions with 12 Sámi, and individual interviews with 31 Sámi about advance care planning.

Using narrative analysis to explore traditional Sámi knowledge through storytelling about End-of-Life.

In this narrative study, we investigate salient Sámi-specific aspects of a death system, inspired by Kastenbaum's model. We explore traditional Sámi knowledge derived through storytelling in go-along group discussions to gravesites at the tree-line with cultural and historical significance for the Indigenous Sámi peoples. Analysis illustrates how important material and immaterial cultural values are transferred across generations through their connection to people, place, and time-nature-bound as opposed to calendar-bound- objects, and symbols in relation to end-of-life issues.