Insights into Chinese perspectives on do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders from an examination of DNR order form completeness for cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2593-2598

  Wen, Kuei Yen ^a   Lin, Ya Chin ^a   Cheng, Ju Feng ^a   Chou, Pei Chun ^a   Wei, Chih Hsin ^a   Chen, Yun Fang ^a   Sun, Jia Ling ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chinese culture; Do not resuscitate (DNR); End of life care discussion; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SKIN CANCER; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84881250796     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1827-2     Document Type: Article

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