Approaching the End of Life: Attitudes, Preferences, and Behaviors of African-American and White Patients and Their Family Caregivers

Phipps, Etienne; True, Gala; Harris, Diana; Chong, Umi; Tester, William; I. Chavin, Stephen; E. Braitman, Leonard

doi:10.1200/jco.2003.12.080

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Approaching the End of Life: Attitudes, Preferences, and Behaviors of African-American and White Patients and Their Family Caregivers

Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology • Jan 30, 2003

Authors:

Etienne Phipps

Gala True

Diana Harris

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate differences in attitudes, preferences, and behaviors regarding end of life in terminally ill patients and their designated family caregivers. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 68 African-American and white patients with stage III-B or IV lung or stage IV colon cancer and 68 patient-desig...

Subject

Medicine

White (mutation)

African american

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