Advance directives and other medical decisions concerning the end of life in cancer patients in Japan

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1582-1586

  Asai, A ^a   Miura, Y ^d   Tanabe, N ^d   Kurihara, M ^b   Fukuhara, S ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Advance directives; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Euthanasia; Japan; Medical decisions concerning the end of life; Patient's wishes; Physician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; EUTHANASIA; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

CANCER; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; INVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA; JAPAN; SURVEY; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032168674     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00148-8     Document Type: Article

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