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| Title: | The status of the do-not-resuscitate order in Chinese clinical trial patients in a cancer centre |
| Authors: | Liu, JM;Lin, WC;Chen, YM;Wu, HW;Yao, NS;Chen, LT;Whang-Peng, J |
| Contributors: | National Institute of Cancer Research |
| Abstract: | Objective-To report and analyse the pattern of end-of-life decision making for terminal Chinese cancer patients. Design-Retrospective descriptive study. Setting-A cancer clinical trials unit in a large teaching hospital. Patients-From April 1992 to August 1997, 177 consecutive deaths of cancer clinical trial patients were studied. Main measurement-Basic demographic data, patient status at the time of signing a DNR consent, or at the moment of returning home to die are documented, and circumstances surrounding these events evaluated. Results-DNR orders were written for 64.4% of patients. Patients in pain (odds ratio 0.45, 95% CI 0.22-0.89), especially if requiring opioid analgesia (odds ratio 0.40, 95% CI 0.21-0.77), were factors associated with a higher probability of such an order. Thirty-Jive patients were taken home to die, a more likely occurrence if the patient was over 75 years (odds ratio 0.12, 95% CI 0.04-0.34), had children (odds ratio 0.14, 95% CI 0.02-0.79),had Taiwanese as a first language (odds ratio 6.74, 95% CI 3.04-14.93), or was unable to intake orally (odds ratio 2.73, 95% CI 1.26-5.92). CPR was performed in 30 patients, none survived to discharge. Conclusions-DNR orders are instituted in a large proportion of dying Chinese cancer patients in a cancer centre, however, the order is seldom signed by the patient personally. This study also illustrates that as many as 20% of dying patients are taken home to die, in accordance with local custom. |
| Keywords: | Ethics;Medical Ethics;Social Issues;Social Sciences, Biomedical |
| Date: | 1999-08 |
| Relation: | Journal of Medical Ethics. 1999 Aug;25(4):309-314. |
| Link to: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.25.4.309 |
| JIF/Ranking 2023: | http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=NHRI&SrcApp=NHRI_IR&KeyISSN=0306-6800&DestApp=IC2JCR |
| Cited Times(WOS): | https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000081942100005 |
| Cited Times(Scopus): | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0032836420 |
| Appears in Collections: | [彭汪嘉康(1996-2007)] 期刊論文
[劉敏(1996-2007)] 期刊論文
[陳立宗] 期刊論文
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