“Wish to Die” Among Patients With Advanced Cancer: Does Institutional Quality of Care Matter?
Findings underscore that institutional quality of care is associated with reduced likelihood of patients expressing a WTD. Thus, enhancing institutional care quality - particularly improving access to palliative care - is critical for bettering the care of terminally ill.
Authors
- Isha Chaudhry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-7399)
- Anjum Khan Joad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5902-2613)
- Thushari Hapuarachchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5086-9375)
- Ishwarya Balasubramanian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3864-5651)
- Pham Nguyen Tuong
- Wah Wah Myint Zu
- Ellie Bostwick Andres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9086-8222)
- Semra Özdemir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7556-1601)
- Maria Fidelis Manalo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2194-7880)
- Nattiya Kapol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6683-3556)
- Chetna Malhotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-0525)
- Gayatri Palat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8803-0172)
- Rubayat Rahman
Institutions
- Duke University (US)
- Bangladesh Medical University (BD)
- East Yangon General Hospital (MM)
- Cancer Institute (WIA) (IN)
- Florida Hospital Cancer Institute (US)
- MNJ Institute Of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre (IN)
- Hue Central Hospital (VN)
- Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (IN)
- Duke-NUS Medical School (SG)
- National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka (LK)
- Silpakorn University (TH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.05.013
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00