The investigation on non-cancer patients' attitudes towards termainal cancer treatment and death and the influential factor
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2009.21.001
- VernacularTitle:普通患者对癌症终末治疗和死亡的态度及其影响因素
- Author:
Tie-Ying ZENG
1
;
Fang WANG
;
Ying CHEN
;
Peng-Qian FANG
Author Information
1. 华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院
- Keywords:
Non-cancer patients;
Cancer;
Attitude to Death;
Demography
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2009;15(21):2001-2004
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective to learn the non-cancer patients' attitude towards terminal cancer treatment and death,and influential factor.Provide scientific basis for the choice of terminal cancer treatment and death education.Methods 307 non-cancer patients in common clicnic were investigated by a self-designed questionnaire.Results 73.6% of'the patients didn' t mind talking about death,the score they gave to such items as "hospice care',"making a will of treatment" and "euthanasia" was more than 3.8.The Logistic Regression analysis suggested that city residents tend to approve of " hospice care"," making a will of treatment" and "euthanasia";the elder people tend to approve of "euthanasia","more love for life after thinking of death-related issues" and "talking about death with family members openly".The discrepancies were statistically significant.Conclusions The bioethieal concepts such as "hospice care"," euthanasia" are being gradually accepted by the public.To achieve the transition from a "cure" to "care",we still should make an effort to build a more open atmosphere for death,reduce the differences between urban and rural areas and carry out death education earlier.
