Journal of Pediatrics and Palliative CareJournal of Pediatrics and Palliative CareJournal of Pediatrics and Palliative CareJournal of Pediatrics and Palliative Care2690-4810Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA848Research ArticleFamily members of Muslim patients with chronic illness and their attitudes towards life sustaining treatmentsFamily members of Muslim patients with chronic illness and their attitudes towards life sustaining treatmentsFarideh Razban Nursing Research Center Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Kerman University of Medical Sciences Kerman Iran Alborz University of Medical Sciences Karaj Iran Editor* E-mail: razbanfarideh@yahoo.com
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20161210201612JPCPM-16-RA-848/00103042016041020162016Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp Objective Health care personnel need to be fully aware of public attitude towards Life Sustaining Treatments LST to know how to deal with individuals and family members from diverse cultural groups in this topic This study was conducted to evaluate chronic patient rsquo s family member rsquo s attitude towards life sustaining treatment in South East Iran Method Ethnicity and Attitudes toward Advance Care Directives Questionnaire was used to examine the attitude of 147 chronic patient rsquo s family members toward LSTs in South East Iran Results participants had a moderately positive attitude towards general use of LSTs mean 3 69 plusmn 0 54 out of 5 Findings indicated that married persons had a more personal desire for LSTs compared to single individuals Persons with higher levels of education showed less positive attitude towards LSTs compared to those with lower levels of education Significance of Results A globally and suitable strategy about how to withdraw and withhold LST may not be accepted by the general public and may not be appropriately established since these issues well understood by each person through public education 10