Prevailing ethical dilemmas in terminal care for patients with cancer in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3964-3968

  Chiu, Tai Yuan ^a   Hu, Wen Yu ^a   Huang, Hsien Liang ^a   Yao, Chien An ^a   Chen, Ching Yu ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY WARD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 69849103919     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.4643     Document Type: Article

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