Negotiating Coss-Cultural Issues at the End of Life: "You Got to Go Where He Lives". (Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life)
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Different ethnic groups have different attitudes toward life-prolonging technology, decision-making styles at the end of life, and whether doctors should tell seriously ill patients the truth about their illness. This process is illustrated by the cases of an African-American couple in the southern US and a Chinese-American family in Hawaii.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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Palliative and End-of-Life Care in the African American Community
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The Initiative to Improve Palliative and End-of-Life Care in the African American Community discusses the problems African-Americans encounter when terminally ill and its recommendations to improve terminal care for African-Americans. Only 8% of hospice patients are African American.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Influence of homicide on racial disparity in life expectancy--United States, 1998. (From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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The life expectancy of African-Americans is about six years less than the life expectancy of whites. Homicide among young black men is the biggest contributor to this discrepancy.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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