Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs about End-of-life Care among Inner-City African Americans and Latinos

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-256

  Born, Wendi ^a   Greiner, K Allen ^a,b   Sylvia, Eldonna ^b   Butler, James ^c   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HEALTH CARE COST; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1942478287     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109662104773709369     Document Type: Article

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