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    Chapter 3: Personal Wishes for and Attention to End-of-Life Treatment

    The Pew Research survey asked respondents about their personal preferences for medical treatment in different scenarios. A majority of adults (57%) say they would ask their doctors to stop medical treatment if they had a disease with no hope of improvement and they were suffering a great deal of pain, while 35% would tell their […]

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    Chapter 5: Views on Medical Treatment Decisions by Proxy

    The Pew Research survey finds some ambivalence in public views about proxy decision-making – that is, decisions made by someone other than the patient – in end-of-life treatment matters. On the one hand, a clear majority supports the idea of allowing a close family member to decide whether or not to continue medical treatment when […]

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    Chapter 3: Demographic & Economic Data, by Race

    This section looks at a variety of economic, educational, health, political and social indicators to assess change in the relative well-being of black and white Americans in recent decades. The data present a mixed picture. The economic gulf between blacks and whites that was present a half century ago has not disappeared. Measures of household […]

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    Chapter 4: Men and Women at Work

    About one-in-seven adults—14%—who have ever been employed say they have been the victim of gender discrimination on the job at some point in their working lives, the Pew Research survey found. Women, Baby Boomers and blacks are more likely than men, Millennials and whites or Hispanics to say they have been the victims of job-related […]

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    U.S. Catholics View Pope Francis as a Change for the Better

    One year into his pontificate, Pope Francis remains immensely popular among American Catholics and is widely seen as a force for positive change within the Roman Catholic Church. More than 80% of U.S. Catholics say they have a favorable view of the pontiff.