Discordance among patient preferences, caregiver preferences, and caregiver predictions of patient preferences regarding disclosure of terminal status and end-of-life choices

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-219

  Shin, Dong Wook ^a,b   Cho, Juhee ^c,d,e   Kim, So Young ^f,g   Chung, Ik Joo ^h   Kim, Sam Soo ⁱ   Yang, Hyung Kook ^f   Ahn, Eunmi ^a,b   Park, Bo Ram ^f   Seo, Hongwan ^f   Park, Jong Hyock ^f,g  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Cancer Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^g Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Jeonnam Regional Cancer Center   (South Korea)

ⁱ Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84921407890     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3631     Document Type: Article

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