Community Tele-pal: A community-developed, culturally based palliative care tele-consult randomized controlled trial for African American and White Rural southern elders with a life-limiting illness

Allen-Watts, Kristen; Gazaway, Shena; Malone, Emily; Elk, Ronit; Tucker, Rodney; McCammon, Susan; Goldhagen, Michele; L. Graham, Jacob; Tassin, Veronica; Hauser, Joshua; Rhoades, Sidney; Kagawa‐Singer, Marjorie; Wallace, Eric; McElligott, James; Kennedy, Richard; Bakitas, Marie

doi:10.1186/s13063-020-04567-w

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Community Tele-pal: A community-developed, culturally based palliative care tele-consult randomized controlled trial for African American and White Rural southern elders with a life-limiting illness

Published in Trials • Jul 23, 2020

Authors:

Kristen Allen-Watts

Shena Gazaway

Emily Malone

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients living in rural areas experience a variety of unmet needs that result in healthcare disparities. The triple threat of rural geography, racial inequities, and older age hinders access to high-quality palliative care (PC) for a significant proportion of Americans. Rural patients w...

Subject

Medicine

Palliative care

Randomized controlled trial

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