Racial differences in hospice revocation to pursue aggressive care

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-224

  Johnson, Kimberly S ^a,b,d   Kuchibhatla, Maragatha ^a   Tanis, David ^c   Tulsky, James A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VITAS Healthcare Corporation   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 38649143887     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.36     Document Type: Article

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