Palliative and end-of-life care in the African American Community

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2518-2521

  Crawley, LaVera ^a   Payne, Richard ^b   Bolden, James ^c   Payne, Terrie ^d   Washington, Patricia ^e   Williams, September ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d East Harlem HIV CARE Network   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DYING; ETHNIC GROUP; HOSPICE; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0034669635     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.19.2518     Document Type: Note

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