CPR or DNR? End-of-life decision in Korean cancer patients: A single center's experience

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-108

  Oh, Do Youn ^a   Kim, Jee Hyun ^a   Kim, Dong Wan ^a   Im, Seock Ah ^a   Kim, Tae You ^a   Dae, Seog Heo ^a   Bang, Yung Jue ^a   Noe, Kyeong Kim ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CPR; DNR; End of life decision; Supportive care; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROXY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 31044453535     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0885-5     Document Type: Article

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