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윤선영 ( Yun Seon-Young ) - 동아대학교 간호학과
강지연 ( Kang Ji-Yeon ) - 동아대학교 간호학과
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the chronic patients’ preferences for care near the end of life. Methods: This is a descriptive survey research, with subjects of 161 outpatients with hypertension, diabetes mellitus or chronic renal failure. Results: The majority of the subjects do not want meaningless life sustaining treatment and they report thinking positively about family or health care professional to participate in their end of life decision making process. Subjects reported preferring adequate pain management and spiritual support at the end of life. In regard to advance directives (ADs), those subjects with chronic disease report thinking positively about the necessity of ADs and its institutionalization. However, the subjects report not having the detailed information on the proper time and method of writing their ADs. Conclusion: Based on these results, educational programs on end of life decision making for chronic patients need to be developed. Also, the nurse should try to reflect the opinion of chronic patients as much as possible when make an end-of-life decision.
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KeyWords
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만성질환자, 사전의사결정서, 생애말기치료
Chronic disease, Patients, Advance directives, Terminal care
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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