Factors impacting advance care planning among African Americans: Results of a systematic integrated review

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 202-227

  Sanders, Justin J ^a   Robinson, Maisha T ^b   Block, Susan D ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; EMBASE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVING WILL; MEDLINE; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84957586885     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0325     Document Type: Review

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