http://milwaukeecourieronline.com "THE NEWSPAPER YOU CAN TRUST SINCE 1964" Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:17:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/02/06/black-history-month-tribute-prominent-african-americans-who-benefited-from-hospice-care/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/02/06/black-history-month-tribute-prominent-african-americans-who-benefited-from-hospice-care/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:06:43 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=883 By Clarene Mitchell VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, Community Liaison On a national level, only 8 percent of hospice users are African American. Yet, with the disproportionately higher African American mortality rates, many more could benefit from the end-of-life care. There are various reasons that contribute to the racial health disparity; some of which includes African [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/02/06/black-history-month-tribute-prominent-african-americans-who-benefited-from-hospice-care/feed/ 0