Black patients with terminal cancer more likely to choose aggressive care at end of life
Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
Black patients with advanced cancer were more likely than whites to die in a hospital intensive care unit, reflecting a greater preference among blacks for life-extending treatment even in the face of a terminal prognosis, according to a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston...
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