Less likely to complete advance directives such as do-not-resuscitate orders or living wills.
More likely to rate their health as fair or poor than White elders and are less
inclined to seek health care early in the course of a disease.
Tend to emphasize the “process.”
Read religious materials,listen to religious programs,go to church, and pray.
May use time-tested home remedies because of poverty or fear of being humiliated.
Reluctance and denial.
May receive their care with passivity while appearing to the provider to be evasive.
Some choose to “suffer in silence” because they do not feel they are being heard.