Death is an inevitable part of life, yet many Americans fail to plan for this final part of life. Only about 1/3 of our country has an advance directive (Off White Papers, 2014). This underutilization of advance directives is reflected in our health care spending. It is estimated that 30% of all Medicare spending occurs during the last six months of a patient’s life. The numbers are even lower when broken down into sub-categories. Only 24% of older Black Americans possess an advance directive versus 44% of their older White counterparts (Huang, Neuhaus, & Chiong, 2016). Some studies found that African Americans were more likely to “express discomfort discussing death, want aggressive care at the end of life, have spiritual beliefs which conflict with the goals of palliative care, and distrust the healthcare system” (Johnson, Kuchibhatla, & Tulsky, 2008). Other studies have even concluded that Black race is an independent predictor of lack of advance directive possession (Huang et al., 2016). This paper further explores the possibility that race and ethnicity may simply be proxies for cultural values that impact advance directive possession. We’ll discuss the barriers, for both Black patients and health care providers, to advance directive possession as well as investigate culturally mindful interventions to combat the barriers. / Urban Bioethics
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TEMPLE/oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/2684 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Chavarria, Brijae Anne |
| Contributors | Rocco, Providenza Loera |
| Publisher | Temple University. Libraries |
| Source Sets | Temple University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 39 pages |
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| Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/2666, Theses and Dissertations |
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