Introduced in March of this year by a bipartisan group of Senators, the bill aims to develop the palliative care workforce, which can be effective in coordinating care for very ill patients and
serving dying patients» non-medical needs such as their spiritual care.
Moreover, the research shows, trauma
patients of all races are 40 percent less likely to
die — regardless of the severity of their injuries — if they are treated at hospitals with lower - than - expected mortality rates, the vast majority of which
serve predominantly white
patients.