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KMID : 0379720180320020167
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Journal of Korean Community Health Nursing Academic Society
2018 Volume.32 No. 2 p.167 ~ p.180
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Life-Sustaining Treatment Choices and Related Factors Involving Hospital Nurses
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Choi Yoo-Nam
Song Yeong-Suk
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the life-sustaining treatment choices and related factors among general hospital nurses. Data were collected from June 16 to June 29, 2015. The participants were 244 nurses from five general hospitals in D city.
Methods: The data were analyzed using the SPSS 18.0 program, descriptive statistics, paired t-test and one-way ANOVA.
Results: Significant differences were observed in the level of life-sustaining treatment choices for nurses to themselves and to their families except for pain control. More nurses declined life-sustaining treatment choices, but suggested their families receive it. The related factors of special life-sustaining treatment choices for nurses themselves and their families according to their general characteristics were age, marital status, education and religion.
Conclusion: This study suggests that the related factors need to be considered in the education of nurses' or public health providers’ Life-sustaining treatment choices.
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KEYWORD
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Withholding treatment, Nurses, Family
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