Comparison of decision-making in neonatal care between China and Japan

作     者：Hidehiko Maruyama Yuka Shibata Xing-Ge Xia Yun-Xia Sun Shao-Ru He Yushi Ito 

作者机构：Division of NeonatologyCenter for Maternal-FetalNeonatal and Reproductive MedicineNational Center for Child Health and DevelopmentTokyoJapan Division of NICUGuangdong General Hospital Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangdongChina 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Pediatrics》 (世界儿科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第15卷第1期

页      面：85-91页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Behavioral style China Decision-making Directive style Japan 

摘      要：Background Various differences between China and Japan in approaches to medical treatment have been noted,but a few studies have examined differences in medical decision-making,especially in neonatal *** aim of this study was to clarify these differences by means of a *** The subjects were physicians on the staff of NICUs in China and *** study questionnaire consisted of three parts dealing with the general characteristics of the participants,questions about treatment strategies for hypothetical,critically ill infants,and general questions about the treatment of foreign *** Likert scale was used to assess the treatment strategies and the results were analyzed *** analysis by age,sex,and medical and NICU experience was also *** The proportion of respondents in the Chinese and Japanese groups was 26/26 (100%) and 26/31 (84%),*** was a significant difference between the Chinese and Japanese groups for 8 of 75 questions;Chinese physicians chose the positive treatment or examination options for these eight questions unlike their Japanese *** responses of the younger,less experienced physicians in both countries were more similar to each other,and more positive than those of their older,more experienced *** Chinese physicians showed a more positive attitude toward examination and treatment,whereas Japanese physicians showed a more cautious attitude.