Access to hospice for African Americans: Are they informed about the option of hospice?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-272

  Rhodes, Ramona L ^a   Teno, Joan M ^a   Welch, Lisa C ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646524738     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.268     Document Type: Article

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