Physician Decision-Making Patterns and Family Presence: Cross-Sectional Online Survey Study in Japan.

Kenji Tsuda Asaka Higuchi Emi Yokoyama Kazuhiro Kosugi Tsunehiko Komatsu Masahiro Kami Tetsuya Tanimoto

Published in: Interactive journal of medical research (2019)

Elderly patients may have treatments withheld because of the absence of family, highlighting the potential importance of advance care planning in the era of an aging society with a declining birth rate.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
advance care planning
decision making
primary care
emergency department
social media
healthcare
gestational age
human health