Physician cultural sensitivity in African American advance care planning: A pilot study

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 721-727

  Wallace, Mervin P ^a   Weiner, Joseph S ^a   Pekmezaris, Renee ^a   Almendral, Alicia ^a   Cosiquien, Reginald ^b   Auerbach, Charles ^c,d   Wolf Klein, Gisele ^a  

^a North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34347371880     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0212     Document Type: Article

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