Objective: An advance directive (AD) is a document that allows mentally competent
individuals to make healthcare decisions about their condition that they might no longer be …

Advance directives (ADs) have been legislated in many countries to protect patient
autonomy regarding medical decisions at the end of life. China is facing a serious cancer …

Abstract Introduction Advance directives (ADs) has recently been considered as an
important component of palliative care for patients with advanced cancer and is a legally …

Background: Preferences for end-of-life care and attitudes toward executing advance
directives (ADs) vary depending on ethical and cultural influences. In traditional Asian family …

Efforts to improve the quality of end-of-life decision-making have emphasized the principle of
individual autonomy to better ensure that patients receive care consistent with their …

In order to explore possible differences in the scope of end-of-life decisions and attitudes
toward advance directives (AD) in palliative care, we conducted a survey of 159 patients in …

Objectives Advance directives have been implemented for years in western countries, but
the concept is new to Asian cultures. According to traditional Chinese culture, family …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate Korean attitudes toward advance
directives (ADs) among cancer patients, family caregivers, oncologists, and the general …

Purpose Many cancer patients do not have advance directives (ADs), which may lead to
unwanted excessive or aggressive care when patients have lost decision-making capacity …

Objectives Chinese people are generally unfamiliar with the concept of advance care
planning or advance directives (ACP/ADs), which raises dilemmas in life-support choice and …