End-of-life care in black and white: Race matters for medical care of dying patients and their families

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1145-1153

  Welch, Lisa C ^a,c   Teno, Joan M ^a,b   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Dying; End of life care; Quality of care; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING HOME; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24344476731     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53357.x     Document Type: Review

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