Patient–caregiver concordance on death preparedness over Taiwanese cancer patients’ last 6 months
Poor patient-caregiver concordance on death-preparedness states likely reflects the cultural practice of family-consent prognostic disclosure, patients' adjustment for death, and difficulties in patient-caregiver communication on end-of-life (EOL) issues, indicating targets for improving EOL care.
Authors
- W.C. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9065-8954)
- Siew Tzuh Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8509-2087)
- Fur‐Hsing Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4305-686X)
- Wen-Chi Chou
- Chia-Hsun Hsieh
- Jen-Shi Chen
Institutions
- Chang Gung University of Science and Technology (TW)
- Chang Gung University (TW)
- Soochow University (TW)
- Soochow University (CN)
- Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
- Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Oncologist
- Published
- 2024-12-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oncolo/oyae353
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63
Funders
- Ministry of Science and Technology
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Chang Gung Medical Foundation
- National Health Research Institutes
- University of Massachusetts Amherst