Pilot Trial of a "Divine Intervention" to Improve End-of-Life Cancer Care for Black Patients
Description: Relevance Most advanced cancer patients report that religiousness and/or spirituality (R/S) are important to them, yet most also say that the medical system has not met their R/S needs; a system failure likely to affect black patients disproportionately given many black patients' profound reliance on religion to cope with cancer. Integration of healthcare chaplain services in outpatient settings may promote spiritual well-being, end-of-life medical decision-making, and reduce black-white disparities in end-stage cancer care.
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: R21
Start date: 2023-08-21
End date: 2026-11-30
Investigator: PAUL K MACIEJEWSKI
Institution: WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV
Funded outputs count: 6
Funder award ID: R21MD017652
OpenAlex ID: G9000857851