[Usefulness of support from end-of-life care teams in difficult decision-making]

Autor: Mitsunori, Nishikawa, Yuriko, Yokoe, Naomi, Kubokawa, Koji, Fukuda, Hideyuki, Hattori, Kazumitsu, Nakashima, Young-Jae, Hong, Hisayuki, Miura, Hidetoshi, Endo, Jun, Takeda, Mitsuru, Odate, Masataka, Shibasaki, Kazuyoshi, Senda
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancerchemotherapy. 39
ISSN: 0385-0684
Popis: It is unclear how hospitals should support a patient's decision to return home to die. Thus, we retrospectively examined the usefulness of support from an End-Of-Life Care Team in such difficult decision making. The subjects included non-cancer patients and the elderly. Our results suggest that the burden of making difficult decisions decreases with support from End- Of-Life Care Teams.
Databáze: OpenAIRE