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KMID : 1172020130140020053
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Journal of Korean Bioethics Association
2013 Volume.14 No. 2 p.53 ~ p.66
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The Attitude and Perception on Withdrawal of Futile Life Sustaining Treatment and Patient Self Determination Right among Home Care Nurses
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Kwon Ye-Ok
Ahn Sung-Hee
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Abstract
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This study was to investigate attitude and role perception on withdrawal of futile life sustaining treatment(WFLST) and patient self-determination Right(SDR) among home care nurses. A descriptive study design were utilized. Data were collected by questionnaires for measuring an attitude and a role perception on WFLST, and a perception on SDR from 136 home care nurses. Data were analyzed with mean, standard deviation, and Pearson"s correlation coefficients. The score of the attitude and role perception on WFLST were 3.28 and 4.38 out of maximum of 5, respectively. And the perception score on SDR was 4.12. The attitude on WFLST has a positive correlation with the perception on SDR, and also there was a positive correlation between the role perception on WFLST and the perception on SDR. Comparing to such, there is no significant correlations between The attitude on WFLST and the role perception on WFLST. Additionally, Home care nurses perceived that the patient"s autonomy is important, and had contradictory attitudes on life sustaining treatment. From this results, it was shown that home care nurses in general had a positive attitude toward WFLST, also they did aware the necessity of having objective and ethical guidelines and the enactment of laws. Therefore, It is positively advisable to conduct study on the development and application of bioethics education curriculum related to WFLST and SDR for home care nurses.
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KEYWORD
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Withdrawing Treatment, Self Determination, Home Care, Nurses
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