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KMID : 0379220070270040881
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2007 Volume.27 No. 4 p.881 ~ p.895
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Study on Preference for Life-Sustaining Treatment Classified by family members
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Hong Seong-Ae
Moon Sun-Soon
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Abstract
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This study is conducted to find out first: how terminal patients, parents, spouse and children of terminal patients recognized the life-sustaining treatments and, second: what were the most important facts they considered when making decision on taking the treatments. Data has been collected from 440 young adults living in five cities and provinces with a well-structured questionnaire. SPSS 14.0 is used to analyse the collected data. As results of the study, terminal patients showed very low level of preferences on the meaningless life-prolonging treatments while parents, spouse and children of the terminal patients showed three times higher preferences on the meaningless life-prolonging treatments comparing patients themselves. Most of the respondents, patients themselves and their families alike, showed that patients should have the final decision on taking life-sustaining treatments. Based on the results of this study, consideration should be given to our unique cultural aspects and individual preferences in our efforts to induce social consensus on terminating meaningless life-sustaining treatments and introducing an AD system.
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KEYWORD
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Life-sustaining treatment, terminal patient, Preference
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