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| Title |
Defining futile life-prolonging treatments through Neo-Socratic Dialogue
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-14-51 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kuniko Aizawa, Atsushi Asai, Seiji Bito |
| Abstract |
In Japan, people are negative towards life-prolonging treatments. Laws that regulate withholding or discontinuing life-prolonging treatments and advance directives do not exist. Physicians, however, view discontinuing life-prolonging treatments negatively due to fears of police investigations. Although ministerial guidelines were announced regarding the decision process for end-of-life care in 2007, a consensus could not be reached on the definition of end-of-life and conditions for withholding treatment. We established a forum for extended discussions and consensus building on this topic. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Mexico | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 112 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 22 | 19% |
| Researcher | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 23 | 20% |
| Unknown | 18 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 18% |
| Psychology | 14 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Philosophy | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 20 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 April 2014.
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#614
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#92,346
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#11
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