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US Black and Hispanic nursing home residents receive less palliative care than White peers
The Xinhua reported that U.S. News said Tuesday, a new research showed that residents at Black and Hispanic nursing homes are less likely to receive palliative care than their White peers.
The report quoted the study with first author Leah Estrada, a PhD candidate in the Columbia University School of Nursing, as saying that "nursing home racial disparities are pervasive."
Most African Americans list racial injustice and police violence as most worrying problems
She added: "Black and Hispanic residents tend to reside in segregated, Medicaid-dependent, financially strained nursing homes."
Source: xinhua
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