Negotiating Coss-Cultural Issues at the End of Life: "You Got to Go Where He Lives". (Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life)

Article Abstract:

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.

Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ethnic groups

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Palliative and End-of-Life Care in the African American Community

Article Abstract:

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.

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Influence of homicide on racial disparity in life expectancy--United States, 1998. (From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Article Abstract:

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.

United States, Statistical Data Included, Life expectancy

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