Trends in Nursing Research on Life-Sustaining Treatment in South Korea after the Enforcement of the Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study investigated trends of nursing research on life-sustaining treatment in South Korea.

Methods

The period for data search was set from January 2018 to December 2020. The major search terms used were advance directives and life-sustaining treatment. Of the 492 records identified in the initial search, 461 articles were excluded for various reasons. A total of 31 records were included in the final qualitative analysis.

Results

Sixteen studies had nursing students as study subjects, while nine studies had nurses as study subjects. The majority of the studies employed cross-sectional descriptive surveys as their research design. The major themes that emerged from the studies were as follows attitudes toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, knowled

SUBMITTER: Choi JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10180007 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature