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The life-sustaining treatments among cancer patients at end of life and the caregiver's experience and perspectives
- Source :
- Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 18(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The goal of this study was to investigate the utilization of and attitudes toward life-sustaining treatments (LSTs) at the end of life. We identified 4,042 families of cancer patients who had died at any of 17 hospitals in Korea during 2004. Among those, we analyzed the interviews provided by 1,592 (39.4%) primary caregivers. Only women who provided information in baseline and follow-up point could be included for internal comparison. Most caregivers did not discuss with their patient the option of utilizing the intensive care unit (ICU; 92.7%) or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR; 93.7%) to prolong an ending life. Logistic regressions indicated that the ICU was more likely to be utilized when patients experienced an unexpected medical problem before dying, discussed the ICU with the family caregiver, or were low-educated. CPR was more likely to be used if the patient died within 6 months of diagnosis or the family caregiver was
- Subjects :
- Male
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Palliative care
medicine.medical_treatment
Logistic regression
law.invention
Life Support Care
law
Neoplasms
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Odds Ratio
Humans
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Intensive care medicine
Aged
Terminal Care
Korea
Family caregivers
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Nursing research
Palliative Care
Odds ratio
Intensive care unit
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Intensive Care Units
Logistic Models
Oncology
Caregivers
Emergency medicine
Educational Status
Female
business
Attitude to Health
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14337339
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....20d35fa0700111e35b78c5cdd06003ee