Palliative care for latino patients and their families: Whenever we prayed, she wept

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1047-1057

  Smith, Alexander K ^a,c,d   Sudore, Rebecca L ^a,c,d   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^b  

^a Division of Geriatrics   (United States)

^b Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; LEUKEMIA; MACHISMO; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORKER; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST; UNITED STATES; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149111852     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.308     Document Type: Article

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