ABSTRACT
As I listened intently to Sarah’s testimonial, what joy and empathy I felt for her and her husband in this transition. I shared in her deep sense of relief and celebration and pondered for a moment, how wonderful it must feel to be able to navigate an end of life experience with such blithe confidence. For many underrepresented, marginalized groups, this is just not the case. In fact, the actual concept of cultural mistrust (Terrell & Terrell, 1981; Terrell & Terrell, 1984) was originally developed to encapsulate the pronounced worries and fears of African Americans concerning health care settings due to legacies of unjust practices that persist today.
