التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Physician perspectives on end-of-life care: factors of race, specialty, and geography. |
| المؤلفون: |
Carter CL, Zapka JG, O'Neill S, DesHarnais S, Hennessy W, Kurent J, Carter R, Carter, Cindy L, Zapka, Jane G, O'Neill, Suzanne, DesHarnais, Susan, Hennessy, Winnie, Kurent, Jerome, Carter, Rickey |
| المصدر: |
Palliative & Supportive Care; 2006, Vol. 4 Issue 3, p257-271, 15p |
| مستخلص: |
Objectives: To describe physicians' end-of-life practices, perceptions regarding end-of-life care and characterize differences based upon physician specialty and demographic characteristics. To illuminate physicians' perceptions about differences among their African-American and Caucasian patients' preferences for end-of-life care.Design and Methods: Twenty-four African-American and 16 Caucasian physicians (N=40) participated in an in-person interview including 23 primary care physicians, 7 cardiologists, and 10 oncologists. Twenty-four practices were in urban areas and 16 were in rural counties.Results: Physicians perceived racial differences in preferences for end-of-life care between their Caucasian and African-American patients. Whereas oncologists and primary care physicians overwhelmingly reported having working relationships with hospice, only 57% of cardiologists reported having those contacts. African-American physicians were more likely than Caucasian physicians to perceive racial differences in their patients preferences for pain medication.Significance Of Results: Demographic factors such as race of physician and patient may impact the provider's perspective on end-of-life care including processes of care and communication with patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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