Racial, cultural, and ethnic factors influencing end-of-life care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Crawley, Lavera M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DYING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; TERMINAL CARE; TERRORISM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32044452003     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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