Providing culturally sensitive end-of-life care for the latino/a community

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 402-406

  Tellez Giron, Patricia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; TERMINAL CARE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 35848957668     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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