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    Key Topics on End-of-Life Care for African Americans

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    Racial classifications of human populations are politically and socially determined. There is no biological or genetic basis for these racial classifications. Health behaviors may be influenced by culture and poverty. Disparities in health outcomes, sometimes resulting in higher mortality rates for African-Americans appear to influence end of life decision-making attitudes and behaviors. To improve the quality of end of life care in African-American communities, health care professionals must better understand and work to eliminate disparities in health care, increase their own skills, knowledge and confidence in palliative and hospice care, and improve awareness of the benefits and values of hospice and palliative care in their patients and families

    Having a Say: Agency and End-of-Life Decision-making in The Chaneysville Incident

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    Clinical Pastoral Education: A Survival Kit, by Brenda Perry Walace

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    Racial, Cultural, and Ethnic Factors Affecting the Quality of End-of-Life Care in California, Supplemental Materials

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    These supplemental materials to the full report on racial, cultural, and ethnic factors affecting the quality of end-of-life care in California includes a summary of the report's methodolody, data on how top ten leading causes of death differ among subgroups, the survey tool used for data collection about pharmacies, and a report on responses to the focus groups
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