title: Views of patients with gynecologic cancer about the end of life.
abstract: This study was designed as a descriptive work assessing the reactions of gynecologic cancer patients to poor prognosis, determining their desires for the location of terminal care, and their preferences about life-sustaining technology. The study was carried out between 2002 and 2003 in a gynecologic oncology clinic of a university hospital located in Istanbul. Data were collected through interviews with 68 patients with gynecologic cancers. Collected data were analyzed through content analysis. It was found that survival is utterly important for the patients and that they wish to stay at hospitals as inpatients and receive life-sustaining treatments during the end-stage disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetric and Gynecologic Nursing, Florence Nightingale College of Nursing, Istanbul University, 80270 Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nezihe Kizilkaya
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Beji
authors.forename: Nesrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: Beyhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bag
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D019452:Terminally Ill; D014421:Turkey