Racial/ethnic preferences, sex preferences, and perceived discrimination related to end-of-life care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-157

  Duffy, Sonia A ^a,b   Jackson, Frances C ^c   Schim, Stephanie M ^d   Ronis, David L ^a,b   Fowler, Karen E ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude toward death; Ethnic groups; Population groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGEISM; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUCASIAN; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOSLEM; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33645125028     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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