In the present day multicultural community, there is a growing need for enhancing the knowledge of healthcare practitioners on cultural and religious beliefs in patients of different ethnical origins. The unique beliefs put into the basis of Chinese philosophy, particularly those concerning the phenomena of death and dying may have a significant impact upon the patients’ attitudes and decision in the end-of-life care and funeral ceremonies and need to be taken into consideration for improving the quality of the health care services. Most unusual aspects of death rituals in China Different cultures have different death rituals. The main aspects of Chinese culture deserving serious consideration include the fear of dying in an unknown place and the taboo of injuring the dead bodies which hinders organ donation in the Chinese population. The most unusual aspect about death is that Chinese believe that dying in your own house is regarded as preferable to dying in unknown places, including hospitals. It may cause difficulties in providing the necessary care to the patients in their end-of life periods. Another peculiar aspect is emphasizing the death of grownups and paying much less attention to the death of infants. The explanation for this aspect is that Chinese culture forbids honoring younger individuals. In that regard, parents cannot mourn due to the death of their children and children’s funerals are mostly held in silence. Another profound point is that Chinese fear of being buried with any of their body parts missing (Visscher, 2006). For this reason even nowadays they are very reluctant to donate their organs, as they believe that they will not be allowed to enter the gate of heaven if they have missing parts of their body. Additionally, Chinese never allow autopsies to be performed on the deceased as a concern of damaging the body. Universal beliefs on death and dying in Chinese people Chinese value their funeral and mourning rites and customs, as they believe that improper funeral arrangements may cause problems for the family of the deceased and other people attending the funeral ceremony and not complying with the traditional rules. Observation of the traditional funeral rules is universal among the Chinese people. Giving preference to the afterlife, Chinese may value death equally to life which can be regarded as a significant hindrance for providing them with health care services of proper quality. On the one hand, there is evidence that the rates of death anxiety are rather high among the Chinese population (Wu 2008). It prevents them from discussing the issues of death and organ donation in the family. On the other hand, the traditional Chinese religious beliefs can make them give preference to staying at home rather than receiving healthcare services at the hospital. The relative autonomy of family is recognized as an important aspect reducing the quality of the provided services in end-of-life care (Lee 2009). It is significant to involve the family members into the discussion of the end-of-life care for improving the outcomes of the medical interventions if applicable and making decisions concerning the possible autopsy or organ donation if necessary. Comparison of the mourning rituals in the Chinese and American cultures Mourning in Chinese culture takes place for another 100 days following the actual funeral