Health Care Professional Factors Influencing Shared Medical Decision Making in Korea

摘要: 1. Kae-Hwa Jo[1][1] 2. Gyeong-Ju An[2][2][⇑][3] 3. Hong Seon Lee[1][1] 1. 1Catholic University of Daegu, Korea 2. 2Cheongju University, Korea An, Department Nursing, Cheongju 586 Daesungro, Sangdang-gu, 360-764, Korea. Email: antheresa{at}cju.ac.kr Till date, the medical decision-making process in Korea has followed paternalist model, relying on instructions physicians. However, recent years, shared decision making at end-of-life between physicians and nurses is now emphasized The purpose this study was conducted to explore how health care professionals’ characteristics, attitude toward dignified dying, moral sensitivity affect their making. design descriptive survey. This undertaken two university hospitals metropolitan cities, South participants were 344 80 who work selected by convenience sampling method. Data collected from January 10 through March 20, 2014 using Dignified Dying Scale, Moral Sensitivity Shared Medical Decision-Making Scale. making, sensitivity, age, working experience had a significant correlation with each other. factors affecting Korean professionals dying. These variables explained 22.4% positive dying should be promoted among as part an educational program for making. [1]: #aff-1 [2]: #aff-2 [3]: #corresp-1