Partnering with minoritized communities to reduce health disparities: A focus on advance care planning

Ronit Elk^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Palliative and Supportive Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
² School of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Editorial

Ronit Elk. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;71(8):2369-2372.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.18491. Epub 2023 Jul 11.

Ronit Elk^{1

2}

¹ Center for Palliative and Supportive Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
² School of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

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Comment on

"Advocating for what we need": A CBPR approach to advance care planning in the Latinx older adult community.
Nouri S, Tan CH, Rangel M, Wertz M, Sanchez A, Alvarado A, Arreola E, Quinn M, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL. Nouri S, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Aug;71(8):2601-2614. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18236. Epub 2023 Jan 18. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023. PMID: 36651685 Free PMC article.

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