For critically ill burn patients without a next of kin, the medical team is tasked with becoming
the surrogate decision maker. This poses ethical and legal challenges for burn providers …

Background Although racial disparities have been well described in trauma and medical
literature, less is known about disparities in the burn population, especially the Native …

Background Family members are important in the recovery process of persons with severe
burns; however, few previous studies have focused on how this group experiences care and …

Background Although mortality rates associated with burns have decreased, there is still a
significant number of persons who may not survive severe forms of the injury and thus …

Outcomes of burn survivors is a growing field of interest; however, there is little data
comparing the outcomes of burn survivors by ethnicity. This study seeks to identify any …

BACKGROUND Integration implies transition; for the burn survivor, it means leaving the
protection of the hospital and the role of “patient,” where one's life is managed by health care …

Burn injury contributes to significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. Despite an
increased focus on racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare, there remains a critical …

Racial and ethnic disparities are endemic to the United States and are only beginning to
attract the attention of researchers. With an increasingly diverse population, focused and …

Introduction Outcomes of burn survivors is a well-studied field of research for burn providers;
however, there has been little data comparing the outcomes of burn survivors by ethnicity …

Introduction Racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes for surgical trauma populations has
been an expanding field in recent years. Despite this, disparities in prevention, treatment …