Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan.
This study aimed to investigate views on life and death among physicians, nurses, cancer patients, and the general population in Japan and examine factors affecting these views. We targeted 3,140 physicians, 470 nurses, 450 cancer patients, and 3,000 individuals from the general population. We used...
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| author | Noriyasu Sekiya Yujiro Kuroda Kasumi Nakajima Yumi Iwamitsu Yoshiaki Kanai Mitsunori Miyashita Midori Kotani Yutaka Kitazawa Hideomi Yamashita Keiichi Nakagawa |
| author_facet | Noriyasu Sekiya Yujiro Kuroda Kasumi Nakajima Yumi Iwamitsu Yoshiaki Kanai Mitsunori Miyashita Midori Kotani Yutaka Kitazawa Hideomi Yamashita Keiichi Nakagawa |
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| description | This study aimed to investigate views on life and death among physicians, nurses, cancer patients, and the general population in Japan and examine factors affecting these views. We targeted 3,140 physicians, 470 nurses, 450 cancer patients, and 3,000 individuals from the general population. We used the Death Attitudes Inventory (DAI) to measure attitudes toward life and death. The collection rates were 35% (1,093/3,140), 78% (366/470), 69% (310/450), and 39% (1,180/3,000) for physicians, nurses, patients, and the general population, respectively. We found that age, sex, social role (i.e., physician, nurse, cancer patient, and general population) were significantly correlated with DAI subscales. Compared with general population, attitudes toward death of physicians, nurses and cancer patients differed significantly even after adjusted their age and sex. Our study is the first to analyze differences in views on life and death among physicians, nurses, cancer patients, and the general population in Japan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d52634e08bc04754917209f004b5bfbd2022-12-22T01:50:53ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01125e017664810.1371/journal.pone.0176648Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan.Noriyasu SekiyaYujiro KurodaKasumi NakajimaYumi IwamitsuYoshiaki KanaiMitsunori MiyashitaMidori KotaniYutaka KitazawaHideomi YamashitaKeiichi NakagawaThis study aimed to investigate views on life and death among physicians, nurses, cancer patients, and the general population in Japan and examine factors affecting these views. We targeted 3,140 physicians, 470 nurses, 450 cancer patients, and 3,000 individuals from the general population. We used the Death Attitudes Inventory (DAI) to measure attitudes toward life and death. The collection rates were 35% (1,093/3,140), 78% (366/470), 69% (310/450), and 39% (1,180/3,000) for physicians, nurses, patients, and the general population, respectively. We found that age, sex, social role (i.e., physician, nurse, cancer patient, and general population) were significantly correlated with DAI subscales. Compared with general population, attitudes toward death of physicians, nurses and cancer patients differed significantly even after adjusted their age and sex. Our study is the first to analyze differences in views on life and death among physicians, nurses, cancer patients, and the general population in Japan.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5415062?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Noriyasu Sekiya Yujiro Kuroda Kasumi Nakajima Yumi Iwamitsu Yoshiaki Kanai Mitsunori Miyashita Midori Kotani Yutaka Kitazawa Hideomi Yamashita Keiichi Nakagawa Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan. PLoS ONE |
| title | Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan. |
| title_full | Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan. |
| title_fullStr | Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan. |
| title_short | Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan. |
| title_sort | views on life and death of physicians nurses cancer patients and general population in japan |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5415062?pdf=render |
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