Life sustaining treatment at end-of-life in Japan: Do the perspectives of the general public reflect those of the bereaved of patients who had died in hospitals?

Health Policy

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 98-106

  Ikegami, Naoki ^a   Ikezaki, Sumie ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bereaved family members; End of life care; Life sustaining treatment; Living will

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVING WILL; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH TUBE; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249242068     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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