Diverse Populations Can Use Hospice Services Appropriately

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Meyers, Frederick J ^a   Lin, Amy ^a   Sribney, William M ^b   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41249095126     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.10.034     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). NHPCO's Facts and Figures-2005 Findings, published November 2006. www.nhpco.org
2. US Census. Annual Estimates of the US Population (NC-EST2006-03). May 17, 2007. http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/NC-EST2006-srh.html
3. Office of Minority Health. National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Healthcare (2001), US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC