What influences African American end-of-life preferences?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-58

  Wicher, Camille P ^a   Meeker, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; African American; End of life; Hospice

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84860431576     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0027     Document Type: Review

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