A cross-cultural study on behaviors when death is approaching in east asian countries: What are the physician-perceived common beliefs and practices?

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 39, 2015, Pages e1573-

  Cheng, Shao Yi ^a   Suh, Sang Yeon ^b   Morita, Tatsuya ^c   Oyama, Yasuhiro ^d   Chiu, Tai Yuan ^a   Koh, Su Jin ^e   Kim, Hyun Sook ^f   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^g   Yoshie, Taeko ^d   Tsuneto, Satoru ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^g NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EAST ASIAN; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAR EAST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICINE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84943159223     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001573     Document Type: Article

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