Approaching the end of life: attitudes, preferences, and behaviors of African-American and white patients and their family caregivers.

E, Phipps; G, True; D, Harris; U, Chong; W, Tester; SI, Chavin; LE, Braitman

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.

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Phipps E

True G

Harris D

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-designat...

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Death And Euthanasia

Empirical Approach

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