Healthcare Disparities And Ethics

Moderators: Sandra S. Sanchez-Reilly, MD & Elizabeth K. Vig, MD
Learning Objective: (1) discuss new original research in geriatrics focusing on healthcare disparities and ethics.

P1- Survival and Comfort after Treatment of Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia
Jane L. Givens, MD, MSCE

P2 - Self-Efficacy in Older Adults’ Health Insurance Decision-Making
Kathleen Kan, MS-II

P3 - Generational Differences in Preferences for End-of-Life Care among Korean-Americans
Minju Kim, PhDc, RN

P4 - The Use of Palliative Sedation for Elderly Patients Nearing Death in the Netherlands
Judith Rietjens, PhD

P5 - Barriers to Hospice Referral among Physicians Caring for the Homebound
Tony Vullo, MS-II

P6 - Emergency Department Use by Older Adults in the Last Months of Life
Alexander K. Smith, MD, MS, PhD