Research Article

How Would Doctors Want to Die if They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study

Volume: 18 Number: 4 December 27, 2018
  • Ramazan Avcu
  • Şervan Gökhan
  • Gül Pamukçu Günaydın
  • Ayhan Özhasenekler
  • Fatih Tanrıverdi
  • Gülhan Kurtoğlu Çelik
  • Alp Şener
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How Would Doctors Want to Die if They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to determine the treatments that physicians prefer to receive, if they had a terminal stage illness and to observe whether these preferences are influenced by parameters such as age, work years in the profession or specialty.
Materials and Methods: A survey consisting of 22 questions was delivered to physicians. The physicians were asked if they were prefer to die in hospital, home, intensive care unit or palliative care center if they were terminally ill; and they would want invasive procedures performed. They were also asked whether they informed their relatives about those preferences.
Results: A total of 443 physicians participated in the study, 77.42% of them stated that they would prefer to die at home if they had a terminal illness. Regarding invasive procedures; 72.46% of the physicians did not want chest compressions, 75.62 % did not want to be connected to the ventilator, 57.56% did not want a central catheter, 49.88% did not want hemodialysis, and 61.17% did not want a feeding tube placement. Only 17.15% of physicians stated that they had talked with their relatives about end of life decisions.
Conclusion: In this study we found that most physicians want to die at home and do not wish to be treated with invasive interventions in case they had a life limiting illness. However, we also observed that the majority of the physicians do not share these opinions with their close ones.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ramazan Avcu This is me

Şervan Gökhan This is me

Gül Pamukçu Günaydın This is me

Ayhan Özhasenekler This is me

Fatih Tanrıverdi This is me

Alp Şener This is me

Publication Date

December 27, 2018

Submission Date

December 14, 2018

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 18 Number: 4

APA
Avcu, R., Gökhan, Ş., Pamukçu Günaydın, G., Özhasenekler, A., Tanrıverdi, F., Kurtoğlu Çelik, G., & Şener, A. (2018). How Would Doctors Want to Die if They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study. Ankara Medical Journal, 18(4), 575-583. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.497277
AMA
1.Avcu R, Gökhan Ş, Pamukçu Günaydın G, et al. How Would Doctors Want to Die if They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study. Ankara Med J. 2018;18(4):575-583. doi:10.17098/amj.497277
Chicago
Avcu, Ramazan, Şervan Gökhan, Gül Pamukçu Günaydın, et al. 2018. “How Would Doctors Want to Die If They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study”. Ankara Medical Journal 18 (4): 575-83. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.497277.
EndNote
Avcu R, Gökhan Ş, Pamukçu Günaydın G, Özhasenekler A, Tanrıverdi F, Kurtoğlu Çelik G, Şener A (December 1, 2018) How Would Doctors Want to Die if They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study. Ankara Medical Journal 18 4 575–583.
IEEE
[1]R. Avcu et al., “How Would Doctors Want to Die if They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study”, Ankara Med J, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 575–583, Dec. 2018, doi: 10.17098/amj.497277.
ISNAD
Avcu, Ramazan - Gökhan, Şervan - Pamukçu Günaydın, Gül - Özhasenekler, Ayhan - Tanrıverdi, Fatih - Kurtoğlu Çelik, Gülhan - Şener, Alp. “How Would Doctors Want to Die If They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study”. Ankara Medical Journal 18/4 (December 1, 2018): 575-583. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.497277.
JAMA
1.Avcu R, Gökhan Ş, Pamukçu Günaydın G, Özhasenekler A, Tanrıverdi F, Kurtoğlu Çelik G, Şener A. How Would Doctors Want to Die if They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study. Ankara Med J. 2018;18:575–583.
MLA
Avcu, Ramazan, et al. “How Would Doctors Want to Die If They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study”. Ankara Medical Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, Dec. 2018, pp. 575-83, doi:10.17098/amj.497277.
Vancouver
1.Ramazan Avcu, Şervan Gökhan, Gül Pamukçu Günaydın, Ayhan Özhasenekler, Fatih Tanrıverdi, Gülhan Kurtoğlu Çelik, Alp Şener. How Would Doctors Want to Die if They Had a Terminal Stage Illness? A Survey Study. Ankara Med J. 2018 Dec. 1;18(4):575-83. doi:10.17098/amj.497277