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Insights into Chinese perspectives on do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders from an examination of DNR order form completeness for cancer patients

PURPOSE: Discussing end-of-life care with patients is often considered taboo, and signing a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order is difficult for most patients, especially in Chinese culture. This study investigated distributions and details related to the signing of DNR orders, as well as the completenes...

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Autores principales: Wen, Kuei-Yen, Lin, Ya-Chin, Cheng, Ju-Feng, Chou, Pei-Chun, Wei, Chih-Hsin, Chen, Yun-Fang, Sun, Jia-Ling
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23653012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-1827-2