Comparison of End-of-Life Preferences Between Japanese Elders in the United States and Japan

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-174

  Matsui, Miho ^a   Braun, Kathryn L ^b   Karel, Harumi ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; comparative study; cultural diversity; end of life preferences; Japanese elders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849124144     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659607312969     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Akabayashi, A., & Fetters, M.D. (2000). Paying for informed consent. Journal of Medical Ethics, 26, 212-214.
2. Akabayashi, A., Kai, I., Itoh, K., & Tsukui, K. (1997). Adobansu direkutibu (jizen shiji) no Nihon shakai ni okeru tekiyo- kano-sei [The applicability of advance directives (pre-event instructions) to Japanese society]. Seimei rinri 7(1), 31-40.
3. Akabayashi, A., Slingsby, S.T., & Kai, I. (2003). Perspective on advance directives in Japanese society: A population-based questionnaire survey. BMC Medical Ethics, 4, E5.
4. Braun, K.L., Onaka, A.T., & Horiuchi, B.Y. (2001). Advance directive completion rates and end-of-life preferences in Hawaii. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49, 1708-1713.
5. Braun, K. L., Pietsch, J. H., & Blanchette, P. L. (Eds.). (2000). Cultural issues in end-of-life decision making. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
6. Calvin, A.O., & Clark, A.P. (2002). How are you facilitating advanced directives in your CNS practice? Clinical Nurse Specialist, 16, 293-294.
7. E.L., Cobbs, Improving the quality of end of life care: How?, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, (2001), 49, 833-834
8. Coppola, K.M., Bookwala, J., Ditto, P.H., Lockhart, L.K., Danks, J.H., & Smucker, W.D. (1999). Elderly adults preferences for life-sustaining treatments: The role of impairment, prognosis, and pain. Death Studies, 23, 617-634.
9. Davis, A.J., & Konishi, E. (2000). End-of-life ethical issues in Japan. Geriatric Nursing, 21(2), 89-101.
10. Department of Health and Human Service. (1992 ). Medicare and Medicaid program: ADs. Federal Register, 57, 8194-8204.
11. Druley, J.A., Ditto, P.H., Moore, K.A., Danks, J.H., Townsend, A., & Smucker, W.D. (1993). Physicians perceptions of elderly outpatients preferences for life-sustaining treatment. Journal of Family Practice, 37, 469-475.
12. Eckert, J.K., Morgan, L.A., & Swamy, N. (2004). Preferences for receipt of care among community dwelling adults. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 16(2), 49-65.
13. Fugita, S., Ito, K.L., Abe, J., & Takeuchi, D.T. (1991). Japanese-Americans. In N. Mokuau (Ed.), Handbook of social services for Asian and Pacific Islanders (pp. 61-78). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
14. Hansen, L., Archbold, P.G., Stewart, B., Westfall, U.B., & Ganzini, L. (2005). Family caregivers making life-sustaining treatment decision: Factors associated with role strain and ease. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 31(11), 28-35.
15. Henderson, M.L. (2004). Gerontological advance practice nurses as end-of-life care facilitators. Geriatric Nursing, 25(4), 233-237.
16. Hopp, F.P. (2000). Preferences for surrogate decision makers, informal communication, and ADs among community-dwelling elders: Results from a national study. The Gerontologist, 40, 449-457.
17. Japan Society for Dying With Dignity. (n.d.). [Home page]. Retrieved March 1, 2006, from http://www.songenshi-kyokai.com/
18. Karel, H., Zir, A., & Braun, K.L. (2003). Knowledge, practice, and attitudes toward end-of-life issues among adults in Hawaii. Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 1(1), 125-130.
19. Keown, D. (2005). End of life: The Buddhist view. Lancet, 366, 952-955.
20. Kimura, R. (1998). Death, dying and advance directives in Japan. In H. M. Sass, R. M. Veatch, & R. Kimura (Eds.), Advance directives and surrogate decision making in health care: United States, Germany, and Japan (pp. 187-208). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
21. Kwak, J., & Haley, W.E. (2005). Current research findings on end-of-life decision making among racially or ethnically diverse groups. The Gerontologist, 45, 634-641.
22. Leininger, M.M. (2002). Ethical, moral, and legal aspects of transcultural nursing. In M. M. Leininger & M. R. McFarland (Eds.), Transcultural nursing: Concepts, theories, research, and practices (3rd ed., pp. 271-284). New York: McGraw-Hill.
23. Leininger, M. M., & McFarland, M. R. (Eds.). (2002). Transcultural nursing: Concepts, theories, research, and practices (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
24. Levine, G.N., & Rhodes, R. (1981). The Japanese-Americans community: A third-generation study. New York: Praeger.
25. Matsui, M. (2005). Shu-matsukikea ni kansuru gru-pu disukasshyon o mochiita keihatsu katsudo- no ko-ka [The effectiveness of an educational program using group discussion activities for understanding terminal care]. Seimei rinnri, 15(1), 75-83.
26. Matsumura, S., Bito, S., Liu, H., Kahn, K., Fukuhara, S., Kagawa-Singer, M., et al. (2002). Acculturation of attitudes toward end-of-life care: A cross-cultural survey of Japanese-Americans and Japanese. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17, 531-539.
27. Ministry of Health and Welfare, Health Policy Department General Affairs Section (2000). Nijyu-isseki no makki iryo- [Terminal care in the 21st century]. Tokyo: Chuo-ho-ki.
28. Matulonis, U.A. (2004). End of life issues in older patients. Seminar in Oncology, 31, 274-281.
29. Mullins, M. R., Shimazono, S., & Swanson, P. L. (Eds.). (1993). Religion and society in modern Japan. Berkeley, CA: Asian Humanities Press.
30. Nishi, S.M. (1995). Japanese-Americans. In P. G. Min (Ed.), Asian Americans (pp. 95-133). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
31. Ohi, G. (1998). Advance directives and the Japanese ethos. In H. M. Sass, R. M. Veatch, & R. Kimura (Eds.), Advance directives and surrogate decision making in health care: United States, Germany, and Japan (pp. 175-186). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
32. Smucker, W.D., Houts, R.M., Danks, J.H., Ditto, P.H., Fagerlin, A., & Coppola, K.M. (2000). Modal preferences predict elderly patients life-sustaining treatment choices as well as patients chosen surrogates do. Medical Decision Making, 20(3), 271-280.
33. Spickard, P.R. (1996). Japanese-Americans: The formation and transformations of an ethnic group. New York: Prentice Hall.
34. Tsai, D.F.C. (2001). How should doctors approach patients? A Confucian reflection on personhood. Journal of Medical Ethics, 27, 44-50.
35. Tsunoda, R., de Bary, W. T., & Keene, D. (Eds.). (1964). Sources of Japanese traditions. New York: Columbia University Press.
36. Winzelberg, G.S., Patrick, D.L., Rhodes, L.A., & Deyo, R.A. (2005). Opportunities and challenges to improving end-of-life care for seriously ill elderly patients: A qualitative study of generalist physicians. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 8(2), 291-299.
37. Yeo, G., & Hikoyeda, N. (2000). Cultural issues in end-of-life decision-making among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. In K. L. Braun, J. H. Pietsch, & P. L. Blanchette (Eds.), Cultural issues in end-of-life decision-making (pp. 101-125). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
38. Yusa, M. (2002). Japanese religions. London: Laurence King.