End-of-life Decision-making Among Young Patients With Advanced Cancer: a Grounded Theory Approach

ConditionEnd-of-life Decision-making

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot listed

Trial typeObservational

Biological sexAll

Age18-39

SponsorNational Taiwan University Hospital

About this trial

The purpose of this qualitative research is to use grounded theory to explore and describe the thoughts of young advanced cancer patients regarding end-of-life care and how these thoughts influence the related decision-making process.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

The patient has a solid tumor.

The age at initial cancer diagnosis is between 15 and 39 years.

The patient is at least 18 years old at the time of enrollment.

The patient has cancer with metastasis, either present at initial diagnosis or occurring after treatment or follow-up.

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

30 Participants

are grouped into 1 trial group

Sponsors and collaborators

National Taiwan University Hospital

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov