What Factors Are Important in Increasing Junior Doctors' Willingness To Provide Palliative Care in Taiwan? An Educational Intervention Study

Shih, Chiaho; Chiu, Tai‐Yuan; Lee, Long‐Teng; Yao, Chien‐An; Chen, Ching-Yu; Hu, Wen-Yu

doi:10.1089/jpm.2010.0128

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“…Learning palliative care through medical school education might enhance physicians' positive attitudes to provide care for terminal cancer, presenting correct concepts and knowledge of palliative care. This finding was resemble to study in Taiwan which revealed that junior doctors were strongly encouraged to have correct principles of palliative care and develop positive attitudes toward palliative terminal care by educating in medical program (Shih et al, 2010).…”

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Knowledge and Attitudes toward Palliative Terminal Cancer Care among Thai Generalists

Budkaew¹,

Chumworathayi²

2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Our objective was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of Thai generalists (general physicians) toward palliative terminal cancer care (PC) in a primary care setting. Materials and Methods: We performed a cross-sectional descriptive survey using a self-administered questionnaire. The total number of completed and returned questionnaires was 63, giving a 56% response rate. Data analysis was based on these (Cronbach's alpha=0.82) and percentages and mean values were assessed using the Fisher's exact test to determine the correlation of variables. Results: Overall, attitude and knowledge levels were slightly satisfactory. Results indicated that general physicians had moderate scores in both attitudes (84.1%) and knowledge (55.7%) regarding palliative terminal cancer care. However, they had insufficient knowledge regarding truth telling, pain control and management with morphine, emergency management in terminal cancer care and treatment of fluid intake in terminal stages. Attitude and knowledge scores were statistically correlated (p=0.036). Knowledge scores were further positively associated with being taught palliative care in their medical curriculum (p=0.042). Conclusions: Formal education in palliative care and development of palliative care services are very much needed in Thailand to provide holistic care to terminally ill patients.

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Knowledge and Attitudes toward Palliative Terminal Cancer Care among Thai Generalists

Budkaew¹,

Chumworathayi²

2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…A recent study of the willingness of junior clinicians in Taiwan to provide palliative care indicates that educational intervention regarding end-of-life care is highly needed among health care personnel in Taiwan and the training course of palliative care should be emphasized earlier in medical education. 28…”

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A Comparison of Cancer and Noncancer Patients Who Receive Palliative Care Consultation Services

Hung

Chang

Wu³

et al. 2012

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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This study aimed to compare multiaspect characteristics in cancer and noncancer patients who received palliative care. Totally, 226 patients with cancer and 115 noncancer patients received palliative care consultation service in Taiwan from September 2007 through December 2009 were retrospectively analyzed. Noncancer patients were older (81 vs 67 years, P < .001), more likely to be enrolled from an intensive care unit (51% vs 5%, P < .001), and waited longer to be referred for admission to a palliative care (8 vs 3 days, P < .001) than patients with cancer. Cancer and noncancer patients presented as polysymptomatics in both physical and psychosocial symptoms at the end of life. Such physical and psychosocial characteristics should be taken into account in providing appropriate end-of-life care in the same way as it is for the patients with cancer.

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“…All articles indicated improvements in student knowledge, attitudes, and/or preparedness to practice palliative care concepts compared to no intervention. 5,6,19,42 –93 Most articles used pretest/posttest surveys or qualitative analysis of student reflections to evaluate the teaching intervention. Only 1 article was identified that evaluated several different teaching methods against a control to assess optimal strategy for teaching regarding cancer pain.…”

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Palliative Care in Undergraduate Medical Education—How Far Have We Come?

Fitzpatrick

Heah

Patten

et al. 2016

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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What Factors Are Important in Increasing Junior Doctors' Willingness To Provide Palliative Care in Taiwan? An Educational Intervention Study

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Knowledge and Attitudes toward Palliative Terminal Cancer Care among Thai Generalists

Knowledge and Attitudes toward Palliative Terminal Cancer Care among Thai Generalists

A Comparison of Cancer and Noncancer Patients Who Receive Palliative Care Consultation Services

Palliative Care in Undergraduate Medical Education—How Far Have We Come?

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