Evaluation of Multidisciplinary Palliative Care on Terminal Cancer Patients in Taiwan

National Taiwan University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01103700

201003030R

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare the quality of dying and death of terminal cancer patients from the perspectives of medical staff and main care giver (family). The hypothesis is that their view points will be different.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cognitively intact.
• Contact with the patient in the last month.

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitively not intact.
• No contact with the patient in the last month.