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Palliative care in the inner city†

Patient Religious Affiliation, Underinsurance, and Symptom Attitude

  1. Richard B. Francoeur PhD1,‡,*,
  2. Richard Payne MD2,
  3. Victoria H. Raveis PhD3,
  4. Hyunjung Shim MSW4

Article first published online: 5 DEC 2006

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22363

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Cancer

Cancer

Supplement: Exploring Models to Eliminate Cancer Disparities Among African American and Latino Populations: Research and Community Solutions

Volume 109, Issue Supplement 2, pages 425–434, 15 January 2007

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Francoeur, R. B., Payne, R., Raveis, V. H. and Shim, H. (2007), Palliative care in the inner city. Cancer, 109: 425–434. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22363

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  1. 1

    School of Social Work, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

  2. 2

    Institute on Care at the End of Life, Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

  3. 3

    Center for the Psychosocial Study of Health and Illness, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York

  4. 4

    School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York

  1. ‡

    Fax: 212-851-2206

*School of Social Work, 1 South Avenue, Box 701, Garden City, NY 11530

  1. †

    Presented at Exploring Models to Eliminate Cancer Disparities Among African American and Latino Populations: Research and Community Solutions, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21–22, 2005.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 JAN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 5 DEC 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 SEP 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 6 JUL 2006

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  • Grant funding from a Social Work Leadership Development Award (Project on Death in America (Open Society Institute))
  • The National Institute of Mental Health and The Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program

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