Black Patients With Terminal Cancer More Likely To Choose Aggressive Care At End Of Life
Friday, May 30, 2008 - 10:14
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.