End-of-Life Care for People With Cancer From Ethnic Minority Groups: A Systematic Review

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 291-305

  LoPresti, Melissa A ^a   Dement, Fritz ^a   Gold, Heather T ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; end of life care; ethnic or racial minorities; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICAN; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST;

EID: 84958974991     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909114565658     Document Type: Review

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