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Impact of Hospice Education on the African American Mindset and Use of End-of-Life Care Services
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Impact of Hospice Education on the African American Mindset and Use of End-of-Life Care Services
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Green, Larry J., author.
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9780438148901
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1 electronic resource (113 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Renae Goldie.
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Statistically, gathered data indicates there were approximately 2,593,993 deaths that occurred in the United States in 2014. Out of that number, approximately 1,200,000 (46.26%) expired while on hospice service. Of that 46.26%, only 7.6% were African Americans (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2015). The underutilization of hospice services by African Americans has been linked to lack of education concerning hospice, cultural differences, social and racial discrimination, religion, mistrust of the healthcare system, and other barriers. This study depicts a phenomenological approach to discovery of the ideology, concepts of thought, or mindset, that seems to persist among African Americans regarding end-of--life care through the hospice concept model. The researcher garnered data from 10 African Americans who participated in this study. Instruments used included a questionnaire using the Likert scale format and personal interviews. Questionnaire surveys were used with a series of closed ended questions to which the participant agreed or disagreed to gather the participant's perception (Borg & Gall, 1983). Results of the study support and add to existing research on African Americans and hospice use: education/knowledge, racial/discrimination perception, and spirituality played key roles in the subjects' choices to use/not use hospice services for their loved one's end-of-life care.
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School code: 1675
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