Secondary analyses of large datasets provide a mechanism for researchers to address high
impact questions that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming to …

BACKGROUND Prostate cancer (PCa) remains the most common malignancy and the
second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States. PCa exhibits the …

Importance Patients with advanced-stage cancer are receiving increasingly aggressive
medical care near death, despite growing concerns that this reflects poor-quality care …

Provision of Spiritual Care to Patients With Advanced Cancer: Associations With Medical
Care and Quality of Life Near Death - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo …

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 …

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 …

Little progress has been made over the last 40 years to eliminate the racial/ethnic
differences in incidence, morbidity, avoidable suffering, and mortality from cancer that result …

Population ageing poses considerable challenges to the provision of quality end-of-life care.
The population of the United States is increasingly diverse, making it imperative to design …

Objectives: The need for better understanding of end-of-life care has never been greater.
Debate about recent US healthcare system reforms has highlighted that end-of-life decision …

Thanks to advances in technology, medicine, Social Security, and Medicare, old age for
many Americans is characterized by comfortable retirement, good health, and fulfilling …