Factors Considered in End-of-Life Care Decision Making by Health Care Professionals

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-358

  Foo, Wei Ting ^a   Zheng, Yiliang ^b   Kwee, Ann K ^c   Yang, Grace M ^d   Krishna, Lalit ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; decision making; end of life care; familial determination; health care professionals; patient centered

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANCER CENTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILIAL DETERMINATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CENTERED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGAPORE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIAN; DECISION MAKING; END-OF-LIFE CARE; FAMILIAL DETERMINATION; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; PATIENT CENTERED;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878646944     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112453193     Document Type: Article

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