The Current State of Hospital Staff ’s Awareness and Practice in Advance Care Planning
- VernacularTitle:アドバンス・ケア・プランニングに関する病院職員の意識と実践の状況
- Author:
Shohei KATSUNO
1
;
Takashi KINOSHITA
1
;
Makiko MATSUMURA
2
Author Information
- Keywords: advance care planning; questionnaire survey; hospital staff
- From:Palliative Care Research 2020;15(3):251-258
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Objective: To investigate the current state of awareness and practice among hospital staff in advance care planning (ACP). Methods: A total of 782 hospital staff workers were administered an anonymous questionnaire. Results: Among the participants, 27.7% answered “I have discussed the will of end-of-life care in family.” and 11.0% answered “I have discussed the surrogate decision maker.” Moreover, only 1.1% of the respondents answered “I have made document of end-of-life care in family.” Conclusion: The awareness and practice among hospital staff in ACP is still developing, suggesting the need for more knowledge and experience.
