The life-sustaining treatments among cancer patients at end of life and the caregiver's experience and perspectives

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-196

  Yun, Young Ho ^a   Lee, Myung Kyung ^a   Chang, Yoon Jung ^a   You, Chang Hoon ^a   Kim, Samyong ^b   Choi, Jong Soo ^c   Lim, Ho Yeong ^d   Lee, Chang Geol ^e   Choi, Youn Seon ^f   Hong, Young Seon ^g   Kim, Si Young ^h   Heo, Dae Seog ⁱ   Jeong, Hyun Sik ^j  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^h Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^j Handong University   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; End of life; Intensive care unit; Life sustaining treatments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; DISEASE DURATION; DYING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; KOREA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; LONG TERM CARE; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAREGIVERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KOREA; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 76549110561     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0644-0     Document Type: Article

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