Racial Disparities in End-of-Life Planning and Services for Deceased Nursing Home Residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Frahm, Kathryn A ^a   Brown, Lisa M ^a   Hyer, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Disparities; End of life; Hospice; Nursing homes; Palliative care; Race; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868376033     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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