Key Topics on End-of-Life Care for African Americans

An intellectual discourse derived from The Last Miles of the Way Home 2004 National Conference to Improve End-of-Life Care for African Americans

PAPERS

  1. Historical Perspectives on Racial Attitudes and the Impact of Health Care Disparities on End-of-Life Care in the African American Community


  2. African American Perspectives on Pain & Palliative Care


  3. Palliative & Hospice Care in HIV/AIDS-A Community Care Perspective


  4. Spiritual Care Near Life’s End including Grief and Loss in the African American Community


  5. End-of-Life Care Ministry in the African American Church


  6. African American Perspectives on Advance Care Planning


  7. Historical & Sociological Perspectives on Death & Dying in the African American Community-Witness of History


  8. The Future of Hospice Care for African Americans: Clinical, Policy & Caregiver Perspectives


  9. Theological Perspectives on Death and Dying for African Americans: Christian and Islamic Perspectives


  10. Family and Psycho-Social Dimensions of Death and Dying in African Americans


  11. Working Together: Organizing the Community to Effect Change in End-of-Life Care for African Americans


  12. Case Study/The Last Miles of the Way Home Town Hall Meeting

In Collaboration With:
Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
Initiative to Improve Palliative Care for African Americans (IIPCA)