Differences in end-of-life decision making among black and white ambulatory cancer patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 651-656

  McKinley, Elizabeth D ^a   Garrett, Joanne M ^b,c   Evans, Arthur T ^b   Danis, Marion ^b,c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Robert Wood Johnson Clin S   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic differences; life sustaining treatments; living wills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0030460429     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02600155     Document Type: Article

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