A survey of the perspectives of patients who are seriously ill regarding end-of-life decisions in some medical institutions of Korea, China and Japan

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 310-316

  Ivo, Kwon ^a   Younsuck, Koh ^b   Ho, Yun Young ^c   Sang Yeon, Suh ^d   Seog, Heo Dae ^e   Hyunah, Bae ^f   Kenji, Hattori ^g   Xiaomei, Zhai ^h  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^d Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^g GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHINA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; LIVING WILL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSLATIONS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84864010808     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100153     Document Type: Article

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