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Decision making in end-of-life care for patients who lack decision making capacity: Attitudes of medical social worker toward end-of-life care in Japan.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26870511
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Social welfare and social work studies
Medical sociology
Research InstitutionYamaguchi Prefectural University

Principal Investigator

Kamishiraki Etsuko  山口県立大学, 社会福祉学部, 准教授 (90551127)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) AOKI Kunio  山口県立大学, 名誉教授 (80142826)
MAEDA Shoichi  慶應義塾大学, 健康マネジメント研究科, 教授 (20396708)
OH SeWoong  宇都宮大学, 地域科学部, 専任講師 (00708000)
YAMAMOTO Kayoko  西南学院大学, 人間科学部, 准教授 (00364125)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords医療ソーシャルワーカー / 緩和ケア / 終末期医療 / 役割に関する意識の構造 / 意識と行動との差 / 終末期ケア / 判断能力を欠く患者の意思決定支援 / 終末期医療・終末期ケア / 緩和医療・緩和ケア
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we analyzed the mentality of medical social workers (MSW) on their role in palliative and end-of-life care and investigated attitudes. A questionnaire survey was conducted targeting 825 MSW from cancer medical center hospitals. Analyzed results from 239 effective respondents is as follows. As a result of factor analysis on the mentality of the role of MSW, a ten factor structure including "Assessment on patients and families etc" was found. In the future, it is necessary to clarify the cause, and other related factors regarding the attitude.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2016

All Book (1 results)

  • [Book] 生命維持治療と終末期ケアに関する方針決定2016

    • Author(s)
      前田・井上・及川・上白木・中澤・旗手・横野(共訳)
    • Total Pages
      320
    • Publisher
      金芳堂
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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