THE PREVALENCE OF ADVANCE CARE DIRECTIVES FOR LATINOS WITH CANCER IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

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dc.contributor.advisorJarrett, Lee Ann
dc.contributor.authorNeal, Kayla D
dc.contributor.departmentNursing
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-30T21:53:11Z
dc.date.available2022-05-01T08:01:53Z
dc.date.created2020-05
dc.date.issued2020-05-04
dc.date.submittedMay 2020
dc.date.updated2020-08-28T14:12:09Z
dc.degree.departmentNursing
dc.degree.disciplineNursing
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.levelUndergraduate
dc.degree.nameBS
dc.description.abstractAn advance directive is a document containing a patient’s wishes for care during their end of life. These documents are important in protecting the patients autonomy when they are unable to make their own healthcare decisions, as well as providing stress relief for families and surrogate decision-makers. When a person is diagnosed with cancer, no matter their age or ethnicity, they may face their end of life decisions rather quickly. For this reason, physicians caring for these patients must provide adequate advance care planning opportunities. Cancer has been proven to be the number one cause of death among Latinos, meaning end of life care planning for these individuals is extremely important. Statistically, Latino American adults have a significantly low rate of advance directive utilization when compared to their white American counterparts. The purpose of this study is to explore factors that influence the prevalence of advance directives in Latinos with serious medical illness in Eastern North Carolina.
dc.embargo.lift2022-05-01
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/8691
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectAdvance Directive
dc.subjectLatino
dc.subjectCancer
dc.subjectPalliative Care
dc.subjectAdvance Care Planning
dc.subjectEnd of Life
dc.titleTHE PREVALENCE OF ADVANCE CARE DIRECTIVES FOR LATINOS WITH CANCER IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
dc.typeHonors Thesis
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