Associations between United States acculturation and the end-of-life experience of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1143-1149

  DeSanto Madeya, Susan ^a   Nilsson, Matthew ^b   Loggers, Elizabeth Trice ^b,c   Paulk, Elizabeth ^d   Stieglitz, Heather ^d   Kupersztoch, Yankel M ^e   Prigerson, Holly G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Dana Farber Cancer Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Richland College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COLON CANCER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY RELATION; FEEDING APPARATUS; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; LEUKEMIA; LIVING WILL; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPTIMISM; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POWER OF ATTORNEY; RACE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STOMACH CANCER; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72849112359     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0063     Document Type: Article

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