Views on life and death of physicians, nurses, cancer patients and general population in Japan

Noriyasu Sekiya, Yujiro Kuroda, Kasumi Nakajima, Yumi Iwamitsu, Yoshiaki Kanai, Mitsunori Miyashita, Midori Kotani, Yutaka Kitazawa, Hideomi Yamashita and Keiichi Nakagawa

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate views on life and death among physicians, nurses, cancer patients, and the general population in Japan and examine factors affecting these views. We targeted 3,140 physicians, 470 nurses, 450 cancer patients, and 3,000 individuals from the general population. We used the Death Attitudes Inventory (DAI) to measure attitudes toward life and death. The collection rates were 35% (1,093/3,140), 78% (366/470), 69% (310/450), and 39% (1,180/3,000) for physicians, nurses, patients, and the general population, respectively. We found that age, sex, social role (i.e., physician, nurse, cancer patient, and general population) were significantly correlated with DAI subscales. Compared with general population, attitudes toward death of physicians, nurses and cancer patients differed significantly even after adjusted their age and sex. Our study is the first to analyze differences in views on life and death among physicians, nurses, cancer patients, and the general population in Japan.

Date: 2017
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