Advance Care Planning With Black Women with Breast Cancer: A Community Health Worker Model.

Marcia M TanDario M VillamarClarissa HuardLian NicholsonHeidy N MedinaPatricia I Moreno

Published in: Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center (2023)

Competing priorities of the provider to discuss/treat the patient's disease and medical mistrust were major barriers to successful ACP conversations among Black women with breast cancer, leading to ACP completion occurring late in treatment. CHWs are uniquely qualified to overcome multilevel barriers to ACP and establish trusting relationships with patients in order to facilitate earlier and ongoing communication between patients and providers.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
healthcare
advance care planning
prognostic factors
primary care
case report
patient reported