End-of-life decision making in Taiwan: healthcare practice is rooted in local culture and laws that should be adjusted to patients' best interests
Title
End-of-life decision making in Taiwan: healthcare practice is rooted in local culture and laws that should be adjusted to patients' best interests
Creator
Tang Siew Tzuh
Identifier
Publisher
Journal Of Medical Ethics
Date
2013
Subject
Female; Humans; Male; Terminal Care; decision making; Attitude of Health Personnel; Medical Staff; Attitude to Death; Resuscitation Orders; Neonatology; Nursing Staff; Hospital
Description
The observed Taiwanese neonatal professionals' more conservative attitudes than their worldwide colleagues towards end-of-life (EOL) decision making may stem from cultural attitudes toward death in children and concerns about medicolegal liability. Healthcare practice is rooted in local culture and laws; however that should be adjusted to patients' best interests. Improving Taiwanese neonatal professionals' knowledge and competence in EOL care may minimize ethical dilemmas, allow appropriate EOL care decision making, avoid infants' suffering, and ease parents' bereavement grief.
2013-06
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Journal Article
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Citation
Tang Siew Tzuh, “End-of-life decision making in Taiwan: healthcare practice is rooted in local culture and laws that should be adjusted to patients' best interests,” Pediatric Palliative Care Library, accessed February 9, 2025, https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/14698.