Differences in Physicians' Verbal and Nonverbal Communication With Black and White Patients at the End of Life.

Context: Black patients are more likely than white patients to die in the intensive care unit with life-sustaining treatments. Differences in patient- and/or surrogate-provider communication may contribute to this phenomenon.Objectives: To test whether hospital-based physicians use different verbal...

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Published in:	Journal of Pain & Symptom Management Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors:	Elliott, Andrea M., Alexander, Stewart C., Mescher, Craig A., Mohan, Deepika, Barnato, Amber E.
Format:	research randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier B.V. Jan2016
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost