Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jul 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialPreference for Palliative Care in Cancer Patients: Are Men and Women Alike?
Men and those with low educational attainment are less likely to receive palliative care. Understanding these disparities is a high priority issue. ⋯ Significant gender differences in patients' preferences for palliative care could partially account for gender disparities in end-of-life care. Interventions to promote palliative care among men could reduce these disparities.