Of people who died of cancer in Japan, only about 35% had talked with doctors about resuscitation or where they wanted to receive terminal care, according to an estimate by the National Cancer Center Japan.
The figure is relatively low by international standards. The center is stressing the need for cancer patients to have proper discussions on terminal care and the medicines they want to take in the last-stage of their lives.
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