Enduring disparities exist in end-of-life care, including poor clinician communication, inadequate pain management, and limited access to palliative care. Despite ample research highlighting these disparities, effective tools to address them remain limited. To bridge this gap, our project aims to confront the social forces at the root of these disparities. 

Our approach centers on using community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods to foster close collaboration with affected communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Working with Black community members as equal partners, we seek to understand their experiences with serious illness care.