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| Longitudinal changes in attitudes of offspring concerning life-sustaining measures for their terminally ill parents | | Author(s) | Rena Cooper-Kazaz, Yechiel Friedlander, Avraham Steinberg |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 11, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1337-1341 |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Medical care ; Euthanasia ; Parents ; Children [offspring] ; Attitude ; Longitudinal surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | In a recent study conducted in Israel, the attitude of adult children toward terminally ill parents was investigated to explore their decisions regarding life-sustaining measures. In this study, the 51 subjects who had been interviewed were reinterviewed six years later, to explore longitudinal changes in their attitudes. In addition, a control group of 116 participants was generated. Results revealed that the attitudes of adult children in the acute phase and after six years were strikingly consistent. Twenty-one percent had requested the initiation of resuscitation in the acute phase and 27.4% said the same six years later. The provision of nutrition and medication was requested by approximately 70% of participants both at the acute phase and six years later. The study concluded that exposure to a life event significantly affected the decision-making of the children of terminally ill parents. However, their attitudes toward extreme solutions - opposing active euthanasia and requesting the administration of nutrition and medication - was not influenced. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000306208 A |
| Classmark | LV: LK: CY: SR: SS: DP: 3J: 7H6 |
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