Trends in the Aggressiveness of End-of-Life Care for Korean Pediatric Cancer Patients Who Died in 2007–2010

June Dong Park, Hyoung Jin Kang, Young Ae Kim, MinKyoung Jo, Eun Sook Lee, Hee Young Shin and Young Ho Yun

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 6, 1-5

Abstract: Background: In light of the Korean Supreme Court's 2009 ruling favoring a patient's right to die with dignity, we evaluated trends in aggressive care in a cohort of pediatric cancer patients. Results: In the time period covered, 696 patients died. The proportion who had received chemotherapy in the last 30 days of life decreased from 58.1% to 28.9% (P

Date: 2014
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