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- Title
A survey of the perspectives of patients who are seriously ill regarding end-of-life decisions in some medical institutions of Korea, China and Japan.
- Authors
Ivo, Kwon; Younsuck, Koh; Ho, Yun Young; Sang-Yeon, Suh; Seog, Heo Dae; Hyunah, Bae; Kenji, Hattori; Xiaomei, Zhai
- Abstract
The debate about the end-of-life care decision is becoming a serious ethical and legal concern in the Far-Eastern countries of Korea, China and Japan. However, the issues regarding end-of-life care will reflect the cultural background, current medical practices and socioeconomic conditions of the countries, which are different from Western countries and between each other. Understanding the genuine thoughts of patients who are critically ill is the first step in confronting the issues, and a comparative descriptive study of these perspectives was conducted by collaboration between researchers in all three countries.
- Publication
Journal of medical ethics, 2012, Vol 38, Issue 5, p310
- ISSN
1473-4257
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/medethics-2011-100153