Realizing the Wishes of Terminal Patients: Caregiving Transport Efforts for End of Life in the Kuji Area of Japan
Background: There are some restrictions in Japan regarding end-of-life care. For example, only physicians can legally issue death certificates. By law, ambulance staff members perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for all patients with cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA). Therefore, it is difficult t...
Main Authors: | Mizunori Yaegashi, Koki Otsuka, Kasumi Nitta, Chihiro Tono, Yukihiro Minagawa, Toru Yoshida, Hidenobu Kawamura |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Mary Ann Liebert
2021-02-01
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Series: | Palliative Medicine Reports |
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Online Access: | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/PMR.2020.0113 |
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