Which factors have the greatest influence on bereaved families' willingness to execute advance directives in Taiwan?

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-106

  Yang, Chia Ling ^a,b   Chiu, Tai Yuan ^b   Hsiung, Yi Fang Yvonne ^c   Hu, Wen Yu ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advance directive; Bereaved family; Cancer; Hospice palliative care; Willingness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CAREGIVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIVING WILL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; TAIWAN; TERMINAL DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SELF REPORT; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952316927     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181f22cac     Document Type: Article

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