Open AccessAn examination of Latino-advanced cancer patients' and their informal caregivers' preferences for communication about advance care planning: A qualitative study
Author(s) -
Megan Johnson Shen,
Cyndi Gonzalez,
Benjamin I. Leach,
Paul K. Maciejewski,
Elissa Kozlov,
Holly G. Prigerson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
palliative and supportive care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1478-9523
pISSN - 1478-9515
DOI - 10.1017/s1478951519000890
Subject(s) - advance care planning , qualitative research , medicine , palliative care , psychology , nursing , sociology , social science
Latino-advanced cancer patients engage in advance care planning (ACP) at lower rates than non-Latino patients. The goal of the present study was to understand patients' and caregivers' preferred methods of communicating about ACP.