The physician's professional role in end-of-life decision-making: Voices of racially and ethnically diverse physicians

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-9

  Braun, Ursula K ^a,b   Ford, Marvella E ^c   Beyth, Rebecca J ^d   McCullough, Laurence B ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life decision making; Physicians; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77953545551     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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