Sheard, L, Prout, H, Dowding, D et al. (4 more authors) (2012) The ethical decisions UK doctors make regarding advanced cancer patients at the end of life--the perceived (in) appropriateness of anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Ethics, 13. 22 - ? . ISSN 1472-6939
Abstract
Cancer patients are at risk of developing blood clots in their veins - venous thromboembolism (VTE) - which often takes the form of a pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. The risk increases with advanced disease. Evidence based treatment is low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) by daily subcutaneous injection. The aim of this research is to explore the barriers for doctors in the UK when diagnosing and treating advanced cancer patients with VTE.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012 Sheard et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Adult, Aged, Anticoagulants, Choice Behavior, Decision Making, Drug Prescriptions, Ethics, Medical, Female, General Practice, Great Britain, Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight, Hospice Care, Humans, Male, Medical Oncology, Middle Aged, Narration, Neoplasms, Palliative Care, Physicians, Prognosis, Pulmonary Embolism, Qualitative Research, Venous Thromboembolism, Venous Thrombosis |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds, The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 May 2013 09:09 |
Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2016 03:31 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-13-22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Biomed Central |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/1472-6939-13-22 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:75573 |