Physicians' attitudes and practices regarding advanced end-of-life care planning for terminally ill patients at Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Sittisombut, Sudarat ^a   Maxwell, Colleen ^b   Love, Edgar J ^b   Sitthi Amorn, Chitr ^c  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Advanced directive; Physician's attitude; Terminal care; Terminally ill patient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; THAILAND;

EID: 62749193831     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2008.00416.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Akabayashi A, Slingsby BT, Kai I. Perspectives on advance directives in Japanese society: A population-based questionnaire survey. BMC Med. Ethics 2003; 31: E5.
2. Asai A, Miura Y, Tanabe N, Kurihara M, Fukuhara S. Advance directives and other medical decisions concerning the end of life in cancer patients in Japan. Eur. J. Cancer 1998; 34: 1582-1586.
3. Back MF, Huak CY. Family centred decision making and non-disclosure of diagnosis in a South East Asian oncology practice. Psychooncology 2005; 14: 1052-1059.
4. Booth MG, Doherty P, Fairgrieve R, Kinsella J. Relatives' knowledge of decision making in intensive care. J. Med. Ethics 2004; 30: 459-461.
5. Braun UK, Beyth RJ, Ford ME, McCullough LB. Analysis: Defining limits in care of terminally ill patients. BMJ 2007; 334: 239-241.
6. Bruera E, Neumann CM, Mazzocato C, Stiefel F, Sala R. Attitudes and beliefs of palliative care physicians regarding communication with terminally ill cancer patients. Palliat. Med. 2000; 14: 287-298.
7. Chattopadhyay S, Simon A. East meets West: Cross-cultural perspective in end-of-life decision making from Indian and German viewpoints. Med. Health Care Philos. 2008; 11: 165-174.
8. Dougherty CM, Pyper GP, Au DH, Levy WC, Sullivan MD. Drifting in a shrinking future: Living with advanced heart failure. J. Cardiovasc. Nurs. 2007; 22: 480-487.
9. Elwyn TS, Fetters MD, Sasaki H, Tsuda T. Responsibility and cancer disclosure in Japan. Soc. Sci. Med. 2002; 54: 281-293.
10. Feldman MD, Zhang J, Cummings SR. Chinese and U.S. internists adhere to different ethical standards. J. Gen. Intern. Med. 1999; 14: 469-473.
11. Fisher D. National Empowerment Center - Articles Making Advance Directives Work for You. Lawrence, MA, USA: National Empowerment Center, 2008.
12. Gallo JJ, Straton JB, Klag MJ et al. Life-sustaining treatments: What do physicians want and do they express their wishes to others? J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2003; 51: 961-969.
13. Greenwald P. A favorable view: Progress in cancer prevention and screening. Recent Results Cancer Res. 2007; 174: 3-17.
14. Grossman T. Latest advances in antiaging medicine. Keio J. Med. 2005; 54: 85-94.
15. Hancock K, Clayton JM, Parker SM et al. Truth-telling in discussing prognosis in advanced life-limiting illnesses: A systematic review. Palliat. Med. 2007; 21: 507-517.
16. Holzapfel L, Demingeon G, Piralla B, Biot L, Nallet B. A four-step protocol for limitation of treatment in terminal care: An observational study in 475 intensive care unit patients. Intensive Care Med. 2002; 28: 1309-1315.
17. Jiang Y, Li JY, Liu C et al. Different attitudes of oncology clinicians toward truth telling of different stages of cancer. Support. Care Cancer 2006; 14: 1119-1125.
18. La Puma J, Orentlicher D, Moss RJ. Advance directives on admission: clinical implications and analysis of the Patient Self-determination Act. JAMA 1991; 266: 402-405.
19. Levenson JW, McCarthy EP, Lynn J, Davis RB, Phillip RS. The last six months of life for patients with congestive heart failure. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2000; 48: S101-S109.
20. Low JA, Ng WC, Yap KB, Chan KM. End-of-life issues: Preferences and choices of a group of elderly Chinese subjects attending a day care center in Singapore. Ann. Acad. Med. Singapore 2000; 29: 50-56.
21. Miura Y, Asai A, Nagata S et al. Dialysis patients' preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation and withdrawal of dialysis in Japan. Am. J. Kidney Dis. 2001; 37: 1216-1222.
22. Mizushima Y, Kashii T, Hoshino K et al. A survey regarding the disclosure of the diagnosis of cancer in Toyama prefecture, Japan. Jpn. J. Med. 1990; 29: 146-155.
23. Quill TE. Perspectives on care at the close of life. Initiating end-of-life discussions with seriously ill patients: Addressing the "elephant in the room". JAMA 2000; 284: 2502-2507.
24. Ramsey G, Mitty E. Advance directives: Protecting patient's rights. In: Mezey M, Fulmer T, Abraham I, Zwicker DA (eds). Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice (2nd edn). New York: Springer, 2003; 265-291.
25. Reynolds S, Cooper AB, McKneally M. Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: Ethical considerations. Thorac. Surg. Clin. 2005; 15: 469-480.
26. Ruhnke GW, Wilson SR, Akamatsu T et al. Ethical decision making and patient autonomy: A comparison of physicians and patients in Japan and the United States. Chest 2000; 118: 1172-1182.
27. Seo M, Tamura K, Shijo H, Morioka E, Ikegame C, Hirasako K. Telling the diagnosis to cancer patients in Japan: Attitude and perception of patients, physicians and nurses. Palliat. Med. 2000; 14: 105-110.
28. Sittisombut S, Love EJ, Sitthi-Amorn C. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation performed in patients with terminal illness in Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand. Int. J. Epidemiol. 2001; 30: 896-898.
29. Sittisombut S, Love EJ, Sitthi-Amorn C. Attitudes toward advance directives and the impact of prognostic information on the preference for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in medical inpatients in Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand. Nurs. Health Sci. 2005; 7: 243-250.
30. Sittisombut S, Maxwell C, Love EJ, Sitthi-Amorn C. Effectiveness of advance directives for the care of terminally ill patients in Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand. Nurs. Health Sci. 2008; 10: 37-42.
31. Smith AK, Ries AP, Zhang B, Tulsky JA, Prigerson HG, Block SD. Resident approaches to advance care planning on the day of hospital admission. Arch. Intern. Med. 2006; 166: 1597-1602.
32. Somogyi-Zalud M, Zhong Z, Hamel MB, Lynn J. The use of life-sustaining treatments in hospitalized persons aged 80 and older. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2002; 50: 930-934.
33. Szalados JE. Discontinuation of mechanical ventilation at end-of-life: the ethical and legal boundaries of physician conduct in termination of life support. Crit. Care Clin. 2007; 23: 317-337.
34. Tazawa H, Satoh I, Ishihara J et al. Informed consent of the family in the chemotherapy for lung cancer. Nippon Gan. Chiryo. Gakkai Shi. 1990; 25: 1448-1453.
35. Tee KH, Seet LT, Tan WC, Choo HW. Advance directive: A study on the knowledge and attitudes among general practitioners in Singapore. Singapore Med. J. 1997; 38: 145-148.
36. Tinada N. Japanese attitudes towards truth disclosure in cancer. Scand. J. Soc. Med. 1994; 22: 50-57.
37. Wang XS, Di LJ, Reyes-Gibby CC, Guo H, Liu SJ, Cleeland CS. End-of-life care in urban areas of China: A survey of 60 oncology clinicians. J. Pain Symptom Manage. 2004; 27: 125-132.
38. Whitcomb JJ, Blackman VS. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: How far have we come? Dimens. Crit. Care Nurs. 2007; 26: 1-8.