Racial/Ethnic Minority Access to End-of-Life Care: A Conceptual Framework

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-83

  Laguna, Jeff ^a   Enguídanos, Susan ^a   Siciliano, Maria ^a   Coulourides Kogan, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual model; disparities; end of life; ethnicity; framework; palliative; race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONCEPT FORMATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; TERMINAL CARE;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84859175587     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2011.641922     Document Type: Article

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