The attitudes of Korean cancer patients, family caregivers, oncologists, and members of the general public toward advance directives

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1437-1444

  Keam, Bhumsuk ^a   Yun, Young Ho ^b   Heo, Dae Seog ^a   Park, Byeong Woo ^c   Cho, Chi Heum ^d   Kim, Sung ^e   Lee, Dae Ho ^f   Lee, Soon Nam ^g   Lee, Eun Sook ^h   Kang, Jung Hun ⁱ   Kim, Si Young ^j   Lee, Jung Lim ^k   Lee, Chang Geol ^c   Lim, Yeun Keun ^l   Kim, Sam Yong ^m   Choi, Jong Soo ⁿ   Jeong, Hyun Sik ^o   Chun, Mison ^p  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

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

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

^h Division of Convergence Technology   (South Korea)

ⁱ Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

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

^k Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

^l Gwangju Christian Hospital   (South Korea)

^m Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

ⁿ Gangneung Asan Hospital   (South Korea)

^o Sunlin Hospital   (South Korea)

^p Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Advance directives; Attitude; Hospice palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KOREAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879689844     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1689-z     Document Type: Article

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