A 1999 study that examined barriers to hospice service found that many African Americans

a. were excluded from hospice care earlier in its history.
b. were overrepresented within the hospice care population.
c. felt more comfortable turning to those within their own community, particularly their church, for support during times of crises, rather than to strangers within the health care system.
d. were early advocates of the hospice care philosophy.


C

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