Objectives: Published research in disparities in advance care planning, palliative, and end-
of-life care is limited. However, available data points to significant barriers to palliative and …

Background: Ethnic/racial minorities encounter disparities in healthcare, which may carry
into end-of-life (EOL) care. Advanced cancer, highly prevalent and morbid, presents with …

Introduction Ensuring that patients receive care that is consistent with their goals and values
is a critical component of high-quality care. This article describes the protocol for a cluster …

A practical introduction to qualitative research across fields and disciplines Qualitative
Research in Practice offers a hands-on introduction to qualitative research design, methods …

Objectives To determine whether advance care planning influences quality of end‐of‐life
care. Design In this observational cohort study, Medicare data and survey data from the H …

Purpose Physicians have an ethical obligation to honor patients' values for care, including at
the end of life (EOL). We sought to evaluate factors that help patients to receive care …

Purpose To determine whether spiritual care from the medical team impacts medical care
received and quality of life (QoL) at the end of life (EoL) and to examine these relationships …

Importance Previous studies report associations between medical utilization at the end-of-
life (EoL) and religious coping and spiritual support from the medical team. However, the …

Context Patients frequently rely on religious faith to cope with cancer, but little is known
about the associations between religious coping and the use of intensive life-prolonging …

Importance Serious illness conversations (SICs) between oncology clinicians and patients
are associated with improved quality of life and may reduce aggressive end-of-life care …