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THE LAST MILE OF THE WAY: UNDERSTANDING CAREGIVING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES AT THE END‐OF‐LIFE
Author(s) -
Turner William L.,
Wallace Beverly R.,
Anderson Jared R.,
Bird Carolyn
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2004.tb01253.x
Subject(s) - mile , psychology , gerontology , medicine , geography , geodesy
This research is based on in‐depth ethnographic interviewas and focus groups with 88 African American family caregivers from various regions of the United States during a stressful time in their family development‐caregiving at the end‐of‐life‐and the grieving during the aftermath. The study employed a stratified purposeful sampling strategy. Subjects were African Americans from the Northern, Southern, and Midwestern United States. Forman care is complicated by the distrust that many African Americans hold toward the health care system, which has resulted from years of exclusion, racism and discrimination. The findings highlight the importannce of hearing from African American families to gain an understanding of what services, including family therapy and other psychotherapy, they will need during this process.