Siew-Tzuh Tang
JobTitle： Visiting Professor
CurrentJob： Visiting Professor / Professor Emeritus
E-mail： sttang@mail.cgu.edu.tw
Phone： 03-211-8800 #3417
Education： DNS, Yale University
Expertise： End of life care for terminally or critically ill (cancer) patients
RESEARCH FIELDS
End of life care for terminally or critically ill (cancer) patientsFamily Caregiving burden for family caregivers/surrogates of terminally
or critically ill (cancer) patients
Decisional conflict and regret for family caregivers/surrogates of
terminally or critically ill (cancer) patients
Bereavement adjustment for family caregivers/surrogates of terminally
or critically ill (cancer) patients
Secondary data analyses of end-of-life care for cancer decedents from
National Health Insurance databases.
The impact of “self-perceived burden to others” and “posttraumatic
growth” on quality of life for terminally ill cancer patients
An interactive advance care planning intervention to facilitate a good
death for cancer patients
TEACHING
End-of-life care; Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing; Advanced Methodologies in Nursing Research; Research Ethics; Issues in Advanced Data AnalysisFUNDED PROJECTS
1991-1993 Principal Investigator, Establishment and evaluation of oncology home care program.Funded by Department of Health, ROC
1995-1996 Principal Investigator, Comparison of quality of care between home and hospital terminal
cancer care and establishment of the standard of operation procedures of oncology
home care. Funded by Department of Health, ROC
1995-1996 Co-investigator, Hospice and bereavement needs of terminal cancer patients in Taiwan.
Funded by Department of Health, ROC
1999-2000 Principal Investigator, Disease information disclosure for cancer patients in Taiwan.
Funded by Der-Tao Cancer Foundation, Taiwan, ROC.
2001-2003 Principal Investigator, Determinants of congruence between the preferred and actual
place of death for terminal cancer patients. Funded by Oncology Nursing Society.
2003-2005 Principal Investigator, A study of needs and preferences of end-of-life care and current
management for non-hospice terminally ill cancer patients in Taiwan. Funded by
Department of Health Bureau of Health Promotion.
2003-2004 Principal Investigator, Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of palliative care—
Towards evidence based care at the end of life. Funded by Department of Health
Bureau of Health Promotion.(DOH92-HP-1512）
2003-2004 Principal Investigator, Agreement between family proxy and patient assessments of
quality of life for terminally ill cancer patients. (NSC 92-2314-B-010-048)
2004,06-2004,12 Principal Investigator, Analysis of health care resources utilization at the last year
of life for terminally ill cancer patients by National Health Insurance Plan claims
data. Funded by Department of Health Bureau of Health Promotion.
2004,01-2006,12 Principal Investigator, Establishment of patient-focused quality of care for cancer
centers in Taiwan. (DOH93-HP-1507)
2005,01-2009,12 Principal Investigator, Impact of caregiving on families of dying cancer patients.
National Health Research Institute. (NHRI-EX94-9406PI)
2007,08-2009,07 Principal Investigator, Bereavement outcome for family caregivers of terminally ill
cancer patients. (NSC 96-2314-B-182-029-MY2)
2007,11-2008,10 Principal Investigator, Feasibility study for case identification of patients who died
of a terminally cancer or from the complications of curative anti-cancer
treatments. (DOH96-HP-1510)
2009,08-2010,07 Principal Investigator, The impact of “self-perceived burden to others” and
“posttraumatic growth” on quality of life for terminally ill cancer patients. (NSC
98-2314-B-182-052)
2010,01-2012,12 Principal Investigator, A good death: Facilitating end-of-life care decisions that
honor patients' wishes. (NHRI-EX99-9906PI)
2010,08-2012,07 Principal Investigator, A continued study of the impact of “self-perceived burden
to others” and “posttraumatic growth” on quality of life for terminally ill cancer
patients. (NSC99-2628-B-182-031-MY2)
2011,01-2012.12 Principal Investigator, Investigation on needs and preferences of end-of-life care
for terminally ill cancer patients and their family caregivers. (DOH 9911020C)
2012,01-2012,10 Principal Investigator, Longitudinal trends of end-of-life care for Taiwanese cancer
decedents, 2001-2010. (DOH1001205C)
2012,08-2015,07 Principal Investigator, Impact of continuation of chemotherapy in the last month of
life on quality of life and health services utilization for advanced NSCLC and
gastric cancer patients. (NSC 101-2314-B-182-025-MY3)
2013,01-2017,12 Principal Investigator, An interactive advance care planning intervention to
facilitate a good death for cancer patients.(NHRI-EX102-10208PI)
2015,08-2018,07 Principal Investigator, Predictors and impact of death preparedness on terminally
ill cancer patients and their family caregivers. (MOST 104-2314-B-182-027-
MY3)
2016,08-2019,07 Principal Investigator, Decision conflict and trajectories of decisional regrets as
well as their impact on depressive symptoms during bereavement for family
surrogate decision makers of terminally ill cancer patients. (MOST 105-2314-
B- 182-040-MY3)
2018,01-2022,12 Principal Investigator. Impact of end-of-life care quality in intensive care units on
adjustment of bereaved family members. (NHRI-EX107-10704PI)
2018,08-2021,07 Principal Investigator, Determinants and impact of distinct family-conflict
trajectories for family caregivers both before and after terminally ill cancer
patients’ death (MOST 107-2314-B-182-064-MY3)
2019,08-2022,07 Principal Investigator. Evolution of quality of end-of-life care of terminally
ill cancer patients and its impact on caregivers’ adjustment over the first year
of bereavement. (MOST 108-2314-B-182-061-MY3)
2021,08-2024,07 Principal Investigator. Distinctiveness of unfinished business and bereavementrelated regrets: similarity and differences in trajectories, predictors, and
bereavement outcomes. (MOST 110-2314-B-182-009-MY3)
2022,08-2025,07 Principal Investigator. Physician-surrogate communication on end-of-life care
issues in ICUs and goal-concordance end-of-life care. (MOST 111-2314-B182- 009-MY3)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS—PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES（ENGLISH）
1. Hung WE, Chou WC, Chen CH, Tang ST.* (in press). Factors associated with significant post-traumaticstress symptoms among bereaved family members of patients who died in intensive care units. Intensive& Critical Care Nursing. (SCI paper, Nursing, Impact factor: 4.9; Rank: 2/193=1.04%)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104055. Available online 29 April 2025.
2. Tang ST. Facilitating end-of-life care decision making in ICUs should incorporate perspectives from both
clinicians and patients/family surrogates. Critical Care Medicine. (SCI paper, Critical Care Medicine,
Impact factor: 7.7, Rank: 6/54=11.11%; 7/55=12.73%).
3. Wen FH, Hsieh CH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* (in press). Patient-caregiver concordance
on death preparedness over Taiwanese cancer patients’ last six months. Oncologist. (SCI paper, Oncology,
Impact factor: 4.8, Rank: 70/322=21.74%, 75/322=23.29%) https://doi.org/10.1093/oncolo/oyae353.
Advance access publication 25 December 202
4. Wen FH, Prigerson HG, Chuang LP, Chou WC, Hu TH, Huang CC, Tang ST.* (in press). Bereaved family
quality of life varies with comorbid psychological distress and ICU-care quality. Journal of Pain and
Symptom Management. (SCI paper, Medicine, General & Internal, Impact factor: 3.2, Rank:
51/325=15.69%; 39/329=11.85%). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.11.023.
5. Wen FH, Hsieh CH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* (in press). Patient-caregiver concordance
on death preparedness over Taiwanese cancer patients’ last six months. Oncologist. (SCI paper, Oncology,
Impact factor: 4.8, Rank: 70/322=21.74%, 75/322=23.29%) https://doi.org/10.1093/oncolo/oyae353.
Advance access publication 25 December 2024
6. Tang ST. (accepted). Continuously examining factors that promote bereavement adjustment among ICU
family members. Critical Care Medicine. (SCI paper, Critical Care Medicine, Impact factor: 7.7, Rank:
6/54=11.11%; 7/55=12.73%).
7. Wen FH, Prigerson HG, Chuang LP, Hu TH, Huang CC, Chou WC, Tang ST.* Factors of prolonged-griefdisorder symptom trajectories for ICU bereaved family surrogates. Critical Care. 2024.28, 362
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-024-05160-2. (SCI paper, Critical Care Medicine, Impact factor: 8.8, Rank:
5/55=9.09%).
8. Wen FH, Prigerson HG, Chuang LP, Chou WC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Tang ST.* Predictors of ICU
surrogates' states of concurrent prolonged grief, posttraumatic stress, and depression symptoms. Critical
Care Medicine. 2024;52(12):1885-1893 (SCI paper, Critical Care Medicine, Impact factor: 7.7, Rank:
6/54=11.11%; 7/55=12.73%). doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006416 2024 Sep 11. Online ahead of print.
9. Tang ST, Wen FH. Authors replay. Integrated quality-of-dying-and-death classes more strongly predicted
bereavement outcomes than did individual components: a defense of innovative methods. Critical Care
Medicine.2024;52(12):p e628-e630 (SCI paper, Critical Care Medicine, Impact factor: 7.7, Rank:
6/54=11.11%; 7/55=12.73%). doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000006434
10. Wen FH, Chou WC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chuang LP, Tang ST.* Factors associated with quality-of-dyingand-death classes among critically ill patients. JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(7):e2420388.
doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen (SCI paper, Medicine, General & Internal, Impact factor: 10.5, Rank:
10/325=3.08%; 9/329=2.74%).
11. Wen FH, Prigerson HG, Hu TH, Huang CC, Chou WC, Chuang LP, Chiang MC, Tang ST.* Associations
between family-assessed quality-of-dying-and-death latent classes and bereavement outcomes for family
surrogates of ICU decedents. Critical Care Medicine.2024;52(6):900-909. DOI:
10.1097/CCM.0000000000006199. February 2, 2024 (SCI paper, Critical Care Medicine, Impact factor:
7.7, Rank: 6/54=11.11%; 7/55=12.73%).
12. Wen FH, Hou MM, Su PJ, Shen WC, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* Factors of preparedness
for loss from cancer among Taiwanese family caregivers. Death Studies.2024; 48(6):630-639.
10.1080/07481187.2024.2305340 (Social Issues, Impact factor: 2.1, Rank: 21/67=31.34%;
10/67=14.93%).
13. Wen FH, Hsieh CH, Su PJ, Shen WC, Hou MM, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* Factors
associated with family surrogate decisional-regret trajectories. Journal of Pain and Symptom
Management.2024, 67(3): 223-232. (SCI paper, Medicine, General & Internal, Impact factor: 3.2, Rank:
51/325=15.69%; 39/329=11.85%). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.11.013. 2023 Nov
28:S0885-3924(23)00786-8.
14. Wen FH, Chiang MC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chou WC, Chuang LP, Tang ST.* Quality of dying and death
in intensive care units: family satisfaction. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 2024,13 (e3) e1217-e1227
(SCI paper, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Impact factor: 2.7, Rank: 61/106=57.55%,
79/168=47.02%) https://doi: 10.1136/spcare-2022-003950 January 2, 2023.
15. Wen FH, Prigerson HG, Chou WC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chiang MC, Chuang LP, Tang ST.* Comorbid
prolonged grief, PTSD, and depression trajectories for bereaved intensive-care surrogates. JAMA Network
Open. 2023;6(11):e2342675. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.42675 (SCI paper, Medicine, General
& Internal, Impact factor: 13.8, Rank: 15/169=8.88%; 11/327=3.36%).
16. Wen FH, Hsieh CH, Shen WC, Hou MM, Su PJ, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* Associations
between surrogates’ decisional-regret trajectories and bereavement outcomes. J Natl Compr Canc Netw.
2023;21(11):1141–1148.e2 (SCI paper, ONCOLOGY, Impact factor: 14.8, Rank: 16/322=4.97%;
17/322=5.28%).
17. Wen FH, Prigerson HG, Chou WC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chiang MC, Chuang LP, Tang ST. ICU bereaved
surrogates’ transition through states of co-occurring prolonged grief disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder,
and depression symptoms. Critical Care Medicine.2023;51(9):1159-1167 doi:
10.1097/CCM.0000000000005884. Online ahead of print. 2023 Apr 28. (SCI paper, Critical Care
Medicine, Impact factor: 8.8, Rank: 6/35=17.14%; 7/53=13.21%).
18. Wen FH, Hsieh CH, Chou WC, Su PJ, Hou MM, Shen WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* Factors
associated with cancer patients’ distinct death-preparedness states. PsychoOncology. 2023; 32(7):1048-
1056. (SSCI paper; Social, Science, Biomedical, Impact factor: 3.6, Rank: 11/45=24.44%; Oncology:
116/318=36.48%) doi:10.1002/pon.6146. first published on 27 April 2023
19. Wen FH, Hsieh CH, Hou MM, Su PJ, Shen WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* Decisional-regret
trajectories from end-of-life decision making through bereavement. Journal of Pain and Symptom
Management. 2023;66(1):44-53.e1. (SCI paper, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Impact factor:
4.7, Rank: 17/106=16.04%; 19/168=11.31%). 2023 Mar 6;S0885-3924(23)00399-8.doi:
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.02.321. Online ahead of print.
20. Wen FH, Juang YY, Prigerson HG, Chou WC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chiang MC, Chuang LP, Tang ST.*
Temporal reciprocal relationships among anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder for family
surrogates from intensive care units over their first two bereavement years. BMC Psychiatry.
2023;23:412.(SSCI paper; Psychiatry). (Impact factor: 4.4, Rank: 59/155=38.07%; 72/264=27.27%) doi:
10.1186/s12888-023-04916-4.
21. Chen CH, Wen FH, Chang WC, Hsieh CH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Tang ST.* Associations of prognosticawareness-transition patterns with emotional distress and quality of life during terminally ill cancer
patients’ last six months of life. PsychoOncology. 2023; 32(5):741-750. (SSCI paper; Social, Science,
Biomedical, Impact factor: 3.6, Rank: 11/45=24.44%; (Oncology: 116/318=36.48%) doi:
10.1002/pon.6119. March 14, 2023.
22. Wen FH, Prigerson HG, Chou WC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chiang MC, Chuang LP, Tang ST.* How
symptoms of prolonged grief disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression relate to each other
for grieving ICU families during the first two years of bereavement. Crit Care.2022; 26:336.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04216-5. November 1, 2022 (SCI paper, Critical Care Medicine,
Impact factor: 19.346, Rank: 4/36=11.11%).
23. Wen FH, Chou WC, Su PJ, Hou MM, Shen WC, Hsu MH, Tang ST.* Modifiable factors of depressive-
symptom trajectories from caregiving through bereavement. BMC Palliative Care.2022;21:156. (SSCI
paper, Health Policy and Services. Impact factor: 3.113, Rank: 37/88=42.05%; HEALTH CARE
SCIENCES & SERVICES; 51/105=48.57%). doi:10.1186/s12904-022-01045-9
24. Wen FH, Chou WC, Hou MM, Su PJ, Shen WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsu MH, Tang ST.* Associations
of surrogates’ death-preparedness states with decisional conflict and heightened decisional regret over
cancer patients’ last 6 months of life. PsychoOncology. 2022;31:1502-1509. (SSCI paper; Social, Science,
Biomedical). (Impact factor: 3.955, Rank: 12/46=26.09%) doi:10.1002/pon.5996. July 16, 2022.
25. Wen FH, Prigerson HG, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsu MH, Tang ST.* Prolonged grief disorder
and depression are distinguishable syndromes: a latent transition analysis for bereaved family caregivers
of cancer patients. PsychoOncology.2022;31:1144–1151. (SSCI paper; Social, Science, Biomedical).
(Impact factor: 3.955, Rank: 12/46=26.09%) doi: 10.1002/pon.5902. 2022 Feb 14. Time cited: 1
26. Chiang MC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chou WC, Chuang LP, Tang ST.* Factors associated with bereaved
family surrogates’ satisfaction with end-of-life care in intensive care units. Intens Crit Care Nur,
2022;71:103243. (SCI paper, Nursing, impact factor: 4.235, 6/125=4.80%). 2022 Apr 6;103243. doi:
10.1016/j.iccn.2022.103243. Online ahead of print.
27. Chen CH, Wen FH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsieh CH, Tang ST.* Associations of prognosticawareness-transition patterns with end-of-life care in cancer patients’ last month. Supportive Care in
Cancer, 2022; 30(7):5975-5989. (SCI paper, Rehabilitation, 3.359, 17/68=25.00%). doi: 10.1007/s00520-
022-07007-4
28.Wen FH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsu MH, Tang ST.* Sufficient death preparedness correlates to
better mental health, quality of life, and EOL care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management,
2022;63:988-996. (SCI paper, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Impact factor: 5.576, Rank:
16/109=14.68%). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.014 Published 2/19/2022.
29. Wen FH, Chou WC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chuang LP, Chiang MC, Tang ST.* ICU bereaved surrogates’
comorbid psychological-distress states and their associations with prolonged grief disorder. Crit Care,
2022; 26:102. Published online 2022 Apr 11. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-03981-7 (SCI paper, Critical Care
Medicine, Impact factor: 19.346, Rank: 4/36=11.11%). doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-03981-7 Time cited: 1
30. Wen FH, Chou WC, Prigerson HG, Shen WC, Hsu MH, Tang ST. Predictors of family caregivers’
depressive- and prolonged-grief-disorder-symptom trajectories. Journal of Pain and Symptom
Management.2022; 63(4):476-484.e1. (SCI paper, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Impact
factor: 5.576, Rank: 16/109=14.68%). Published December 28,2021.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.12.025 Time cited: 1
31. Wen FH, Chou WC, Hou MM, Su PJ, Shen WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsu MH, Tang ST.* Associations
of death-preparedness states with bereavement outcomes for family caregivers of terminally ill cancer
patients. PsychoOncology.2022;31(3):450-459. doi:10.1002/pon.5827 (SSCI paper; Social, Science,
Biomedical). (Impact factor: 3.955, Rank: 12/46=26.09%) Published: 29 September 2021. Time cited: 2
32. Chou WC, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chuang LP, Chiang MC, Tang ST.* Associations between family
satisfaction with end-of-life care and chart-derived process-based quality indicators in intensive care units.
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2022; 25(3):368-375. 2021 Sep 1. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0304. Online
ahead of print. (SCI paper, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES. Impact factor: 2.947, Rank:
48/108=44.44%). Time cited: 1
33. Wen FH, Chou WC, Hou MM, Su PJ, Shen WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsu MH, Tang ST.* Caregivers’
death-preparedness states impact caregiving outcomes and patients’ end-of-life care. Journal of Pain and
Symptom Management, 2022; 63:199-209. (SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Impact
factor: 3.612, Rank: Rank: 46/169=27.22%). Published: 23 September 2021.
Doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.09.012 Time cited: 2
34. Chen CH, Wen FH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* Factors associated with distinct
prognostic-awareness-transition patterns over cancer patients’ last 6 months of life. Cancer Medicine.
2021;10:8029–8039. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.4321 (SCI paper, Oncology, Impact factor: 4.452;
Rank: 107/242=44.22%).
35. Tang ST, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chou WC, Chuang LP, Chiang MC. Course and predictors of posttraumatic
stress-related symptoms among family members of deceased ICU patients during the first year of
bereavement. Crit Care, 2021;25:282. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03719-x (SCI paper, Critical
Care Medicine, Impact factor: 9.097, Rank: 5/36=13.89%). Times cited:1
36. Wen FH, Chou WC, Hou MM, Su PJ, Shen WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* Depressive-symptom
trajectories from end-of-life caregiving through the first 2 bereavement years for family caregivers of
advanced cancer patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2021. 62(4):699-708.
doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.03.018 (SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL &
INTERNAL Impact factor: 3.612, Rank: 46/169=27.22%).
37. Wen FH, Chou WC, Hsieh CH, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST.* Distinct death-preparedness states by
combining cognitive and emotional preparedness for death and their evolution for family caregivers of
terminally ill cancer patients over their last 6 months of life. Journal of Pain and Symptom
Management.2021;62:503-511 (SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Impact factor: 3.612,
Rank: 46/169=27.22%). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.01.131. Published online: February
06, 2021. Times cited:2
38. Wen FH, Chou WC, Hsieh CH, Chen JS, Chang WC, Tang ST*. Conjoint cognitive and emotional deathpreparedness states and their changes within cancer patients’ last 6 months. PsychoOncology.2021;30:691-
698. (SSCI paper; Social, Science, Biomedical). (Impact factor: 3.894, Rank:
7/45=15.56%).doi:10.1002/pon.5614 Epub 2021 Jan 4. Epub 2021 Jan 4.
39. Tang ST, Hsieh CH, Chou WC, Chang WC, Chen JS, Wen FH. Course of changes in emotional
preparedness for death and its associations with caregiving outcomes for family caregivers of terminally
ill cancer patients over their last year of life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.2021, 61(5):974-
982. (SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Impact factor: 3.077, Rank: 40/165=24.24%).
First published: September 25, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.033 Times cited:2
40. Tang ST, Chang WC, Chou WC, Hsieh CH, Chen JS, Wen FH. Family caregivers’ emotional preparedness
for death is distinct from their cognitive prognostic awareness for cancer patients. Journal of Palliative
Medicine, 2021; 24(3):405-412. (SCI paper, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES. Impact factor:
2.947, Rank: 48/108=44.44%). Published Online:13 Aug 2020. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0264
Times cited:6
41. Tang ST, Huang CC, Hu TH, Lo ML, Chou WC, Chuang LP, Chiang MC. End-of-life-care quality in
intensive care units is associated with family surrogates’ severe anxiety- and depressive symptoms during
their first 6 months of bereavement. Critical Care Medicine.2021,49:27-37. (SCI paper, Critical Care
Medicine, Impact factor: 7.414, Rank: 5/36=13.89%). doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004703 Times
cited:4
42. Wen FH, Chen CH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsieh CH, Tang ST.* Evaluating if an advance care
planning intervention promotes do-not-resuscitate orders by facilitating accurate prognostic awareness. J
Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020;18(12):1658-1666. (SCI paper, ONCOLOGY, Impact factor: 11.908, Rank:
21/242=8.68%). Times cited:2
43. Lo ML, Huang CC, Hu TH, Chou WC, Chuang LP, Chiang MC, Wen FH, Tang ST*. Quality assessments
of end-of-life care by medical record review for patients dying in intensive care units in Taiwan. Journal
of Pain and Symptom Management.2020;60(6):1092-1099. (SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL &
INTERNAL Impact factor: 3.077, Rank: 40/165=24.24%). First published:6 July 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.07.002 Times cited:3
44. Wen FH, Chou WC, Shen WC, Tang ST*. Distinctiveness of prolonged-grief-disorder- and depressivesymptom trajectories in the first two years of bereavement for family caregivers of terminally ill cancer
patients. Psychooncology.2020;29:1524-1532. (SSCI paper; Social, Science, Biomedical). (Impact factor:
3.006, Rank: 6/45=13.3%). First published:22 July 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5441 Times cited:4
45. Tang ST, Chou WC, Hsieh CH, Chang WC, Chen JS, Wen FH. Terminally ill cancer patients’ emotional
preparedness for death is distinct from their accurate prognostic awareness. Journal of Pain and Symptom
Management.2020,60:774-781.e1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.04.021. Available
online 30 April 2020 (SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Impact factor: 3.077, Rank:
40/165=24.24%). Times cited:3
46. Chen CH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsieh CH, Wen FH, Tang ST.* An individualized, interactive,
advance-care planning intervention promotes transitions in prognostic-awareness states among terminally
ill cancer patients in their last 6 months—A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Journal
of Pain and Symptom Management. 2020, 60(1): 60-69. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.01.012 (SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Impact factor: 3.077, Rank: 40/165=24.24%). Times cited:1
47. Tsai WI, Wen FH, Kuo SC, Prigerson HG, Chou WC, Shen WC, Tang ST.* Symptoms of prolonged grief
and major depressive disorders: distinctiveness and temporal relationship in the first 2 years of
bereavement for family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients. Psychooncology.2020; 29(4):751-758.
2020 Jan 19. doi: 10.1002/pon.5333. (SSCI paper; Social, Science, Biomedical). (Impact factor: 3.006,
Rank: 6/45=13.3%). Times cited:5
48. Wen FH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsieh CH, Shen WC, Tang ST.* Associations of preloss and
postloss factors with severe depressive symptoms and quality of life over the first two years of bereavement
for family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology.2019;28:2157-2165. (SSCI paper;
Social, Science, Biomedical). (Impact factor: 3.430, Rank: 2/45=4.44%). doi:10.1002/pon.5201, First
published: 16 August 2019 Times cited:3
49. Tang ST, Chou WC, Chang WC, Chen JS, Hsieh CH, Wen FH,Chung SC. Courses of change in good
emotional preparedness for death and accurate prognostic awareness and their associations with
psychological distress and quality of life in terminally ill cancer patients' last year of life. Journal of Pain
and Symptom Management, 2019;58:623-631. (SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Impact factor: 3.378, Rank: 31/160=19.38%). 2019 Jul 2. pii: S0885-3924(19)30366-5. doi:
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.06.022. [Epub ahead of print] Times cited:8
50. Chen JS, Wen FH, Chou WC, Hsieh CH, Chang WC, Tang ST. Terminally ill cancer patients’ distinct
symptom-functional patterns/states are differentially associated with their accurate prognostic awareness
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58. Wen FH, Chen JS, Chou WC, Chang WC, Shen WC, Hsieh CH, Tang ST.* Family caregivers’ subjective
caregiving burden, quality of life, and depressive symptoms are associated with terminally ill cancer
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life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2019; 57: 64-71. (SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL &
INTERNAL Impact factor: 3.249, Rank: 29/154=18.83%). DOI:
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59. Kuo SC, Chou WC, Hou MM, Shen WC, Wen FH, Tang ST.* Changes in and modifiable patient- and
family caregiver-related factors associated with cancer patients’ high self-perceived burden to others at the
end of life: a longitudinal study. European Journal of Cancer Care.2018;27:e12942.
DOI:10.1111/ecc.12942, 2018 October 1. (Impact factor: 2.409, Rank: 5/118=4.24%). (Corresponding
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60. Wen FH, Chen JS, Su PJ, Chang WC, Hsieh CH, Hou MM, Chou WC, Tang ST.* Terminally ill cancer
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received life-sustaining treatment states in their last month: an observational study. Journal of Pain and
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factor: 3.249, Rank: 29/154=18.83%).DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.07.003 Times
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61. Wen FH, Chen JS, Chou WC, Hsieh CH, Chang WC, Shen WC, Tang ST.* Quality of life and
psychological distress are differentially associated with distinct symptom-functional states in terminally
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symptom distress and functional impairment in the last year of life predict terminally ill cancer patients’
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63. Tsai WI, Kuo SC, Wen FH, Prigerson HG, Tang ST. Prolonged grief disorder and depression are distinct
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64. Tang ST, Chen CH, Wen FH, Chen JS, Chang WC, Chou WC, Hsieh CH, Hou MM. Accurate prognostic
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65. Hung YN, Wen FH, Liu TW, Chen JS, Tang ST. Hospice exposure is associated with lower healthcare
expenditures in Taiwanese cancer decedents' last year of life: a population-based retrospective cohort study.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2018; 55: 755-765.(SCI paper, MEDICINE, GENERAL &
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66. Tang ST, Wen FH, Chang WC, Hsieh CH, Chou WC, Chen JS, Hou MM. Preferences for life-sustaining
treatments examined by hidden Markov modeling are mostly stable in terminally ill cancer patients’ last 6
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67. Kuo SC, Sun JL, Tang ST. Trajectories of depressive symptoms for bereaved family members of
chronically ill patients: a systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2017,26: 3784-3799. (SCI,
NURSING, (Impact factor: 1.214, Rank: 55/116=47.41%) (Corresponding author).
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69. Liu TW, Wen FH, Wang CH, Hong RL, Chow JM, Chen JS, Chiu CF, Tang ST. Terminally ill Taiwanese
cancer patients' and family caregivers' agreement on patterns of life-sustaining treatment preferences is
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70. Hung YN, Liu TW, Wen FH, Chou WC, Tang ST. Escalating healthcare expenditures in cancer decedents’
last year of life: A decade of evidence from a retrospective population-based cohort study in Taiwan.
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72. Chen CH, Kuo SC, Tang ST. Current status of accurate prognostic awareness in advanced/terminally ill
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73. Tang ST, Hsieh CH, Chiang MC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Chou WC, Hou MM. Impact of high self-perceived
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74. Kuo SC, Chou WC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Chiang MC, Hou MM. Tang ST. Longitudinal changes in and
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75. Hung YN, Cheng SHC, Liu TW, Chang WC, Chen JS, Tang ST.* Trend in and correlates of undergoing
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2016; 52: 395-403. (SCI paper; MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL). (Impact factor: 2.905, Rank:
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76. Liu TW, Hung YN, Earle CC, Liu TP, Liu LN, Tang ST. Characteristics and correlates of increasing use
of surgery in Taiwanese cancer patients’ last month of life, 2001-2010. Annals of Surgery, 2016;
264(2):283-90.(SCI paper; Surgery). (Impact factor: 8.569, Rank: 1/199=0.50%). (Corresponding author)
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77. Tang ST, Chen JS, Chou WC, Chang WC, Wu CE, Hsieh CH, Chiang MC, Kuo ML. Longitudinal analysis
of severe anxiety symptoms in advanced cancer patients’ last year of life: Relationships with proximity to
death, burden, and social support. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2016;
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78. Tang ST, Wen FH, Liu LN, Chiang MC, Lee SY CK, Chou MC, Feng WL, Lin YC, Liu IP, Kuo YH, Chi
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79. Hung YN, Liu TW, Lin DT, Chen YC, Chen JS, Tang ST. Receipt of life-sustaining treatments for
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80. Tsai WI, Prigerson HG, Li CY, Chou WC, Kuo SC, Tang ST.* Longitudinal changes and predictors of
prolonged grief for bereaved family caregivers over the first two years after the terminally ill cancer
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symptoms increases as death approaches and is associated with disease burden, tangible social support,
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Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2015;13: 1510-1518. (SCI paper, ONCOLOGY,
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86. Liu TW, Hung YN, Thomas C Soong, Tang ST.* Increasing receipt of high-tech/high-cost imaging and
its determinants in the last month of Taiwanese patients with metastatic cancer, 2001-2010: A retrospective
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89. Tang ST, Lin KC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsieh CH, Chou WC. Threatened with death but growing:
Changes in and determinants of posttraumatic growth over the dying process for Taiwanese terminally ill
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90. Tang ST, Liu, LN, Liu TW, Chiu CF, Hsieh RK, Tsai CM. Physician-patient end-of-life care discussions:
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93. Tang ST, Liu TW, Chow JM, Chiu CF, Hsieh RK, Chen CH, Liu LN, Feng WL. Associations between
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95. Tang ST, Huang GH, Wei YC, Chang WC, Chen JS, Chou WC. Trajectories of caregiver depressive
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96. Chen ML, Chen YY, Tang ST.* Latent class analysis identifies three subtypes of aggressive end-of life
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98. Tang ST, Cheng CCJ, Lee KC, Chen CH, Liu LN. Mediating effects of sense of coherence on family
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99. Tang ST, Chang WC, Chen JS, Wang HM, Shen WC, Li CY, Liao YC. (2013). Course and predictors of
depressive symptoms among family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients until their death. PsychoOncology, 2013; 22: 1312-1318 (SSCI paper; Social, Science, Biomedical). (Impact factor: 3.256, Rank:
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100.Tang ST. End of life decision-making in Taiwan: Healthcare practice is rooted in local culture and laws
that should be adjusted to patients’ best interests. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2013; 39(6), 387-388. Times
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101.Lin SF, Chen ML, Li CY, Chang WC, Shen WC, Tang ST.* (2013). Trajectory and Influencing Factors
of Depressive Symptoms in Family Caregivers Before and After the Death of Terminally Ill Patients With
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102.Liu TW, Chang WC, Wang HM, Chen JS, Koong SL, Hsiao SC, Tang ST.* Use of chemotherapy at the
end of life among Taiwanese cancer decedents, 2001-2006. Acta Oncologia, 2012; 51: 505-511.
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103.Chen CH, Tang ST,* Chen CH. Meta-analysis of cultural differences in Western and Asian patientperceived barriers to managing cancer pain. Palliative Medicine, 2012; 26: 206-221. (SCI paper; HEALTH
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104.Tang ST, Liu TW, Shyu YIL, Huang EW, Koong SL, Hsiao SC. Impact of age on end-of-life care for adult
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105.Wang HM, Koong SL, Hsiao SC, Chen JS, Liu TW, Tang ST.* (2011). Impact of availability of an
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106.Tang ST, Hung YN, Liu TW, Lin DT, Chen YC, Wu SC, Hsu TH. (2011). Pediatric end-of-life care for
Taiwanese children who died as a result of cancer from 2001 through 2006. Journal of Clinical Oncology,
29, 890-894. (SCI paper; ONCOLOGY, Impact factor: 20.982, Rank: 5/213=2.35%). Times cited: 40.
107.Tang ST, Huang EW, Liu TW, Wang HM, Rau KM, Chen JS. (2011). Aggressive end-of-life care
significantly influenced propensity for hospice enrollment within the last 3 days of life for Taiwanese
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108.Wu SC, Chen JS, Wang HM, Hung YN, Liu TW, Tang ST.*(2010). Determinants of ICU care in the last
month of life for Taiwanese cancer decedents, 2001-2006. Chest, 2010; 138:1071-1077. (SCI paper,
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, Impact factor: 5.940; Rank: 6/58=10.34%).(Corresponding author). Times
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109.Tang ST, Huang, EW, Liu TW, Wang HM, Chen JS. (2010). A population-based study on the determinants
of hospice utilization in the last year of life for Taiwanese cancer decedents, 2001-2006. Psycho-Oncology,
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110.Tang ST, Huang, EW, Liu TW, Rau KM, Hung YN, Wu SC. (2010). Propensity for home death among
Taiwanese cancer decedents, 2001-2006 determined by services received at end of life. Journal of Pain
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111.Tang ST, Chen, C. C-H, Tang WR, Liu TW. (2010). Determinants of patient-family caregiver congruence
on preferred place of death in Taiwan. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 40, 235-245 (SCI paper;
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112.Tang ST, Tang WR, Liu TW, Lin CP, Chen JS. (2010).What really matters in pain management for
terminally ill cancer patients in Taiwan. Journal of Palliative Care, 26, 151-158. (SCI paper; HEALTH
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113.Tang ST. Diffusion effects of an inpatient hospice unit on improving the parent hospital’s pain
management of terminally ill cancer patients not receiving hospice care in Taiwan. Cancer Nursing,
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114.Tsai SC, Liu LN, Tang, ST, Chen JC, Chen ML. (2010).Cancer pain as the presenting problem in
emergency departments: Incidence and related factors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 18, 57-65. (SCI paper;
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115.Liu TW, Chen JS, Wang HM, Wu SC, Hung YN, Tang ST*. (2009).Quality of end-of-life care between
medical oncologists and other physician specialists for Taiwanese cancer decedents, 2001-2006.
Oncologist, 14: 1232-1241. (SCI paper, ONCOLOGY, Impact factor: 4.789, Rank: 40/213=18.78%)
(Corresponding author). Times cited: 17.
116.Chen JS, Wang HM, Wu SC, Liu TW, Hung YN, Tang TS*. (2009). A population-based study on the
prevalence and determinants of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the last month of life for Taiwanese
cancer decedents, 2001-2006. Resuscitation, 80 (12), 1388-1393. (SCI paper, EMERGENCY MEDICINE,
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end-of-life care for Taiwanese cancer decedents, 2001-2006. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 27: 4613-4618.
(SCI paper; ONCOLOGY, Impact factor: 20.982, Rank: 5/213=2.35%). Times cited: 90.
118.Tang, ST. (2009). Supporting terminally ill cancer patients dying at home or at a hospital for Taiwanese
family caregivers. Cancer Nursing, 32, 151-157. Times cited: 12. (SCI paper; NURSING). (Impact factor:
2.017, Rank: 8/116=6.90%)
119.Tang, ST., Wu, SC, Hung, YN, Huang, EW, Chen JS, & Liu, TW. (2009). Trends in quality of end-of-life
care for Taiwanese cancer patients who died in 2000-2006. Annals of Oncology, 20, 343-348. Times cited:
88. (SCI paper; ONCOLOGY, Impact factor: 9.269, Rank: 11/213=5.16%).
120.Chen, C. C-H., Tang, ST., Wang, C., & Huang, G-H. (2009). Trajectory and determinants of nutritional
health in older hospitalized patients during and six-month post hospitalization. Journal of Clinical Nursing,
18, 3299-3307. (SCI, NURSING, (Impact factor: 1.384, Rank: 34/116=29.31%). Times cited: 25.
121.Tang WR, Tang ST, Kao Chen-Yi. (2009). Psychometric testing of the Caregiver Quality of Life IndexCancer on a Taiwanese Family Caregiver Sample. Cancer Nursing, 32, 220-229. (SCI paper; NURSING).
(Impact factor: 2.017, Rank: 8/116=6.90%) Times cited: 17.
122.Tang, ST., Liu, TW., Tsai, CM., Wang, CH., Chang, GC., & Liu, LN. (2008). Patient awareness of
prognosis, patient-family caregiver congruence on the preferred place of death, and caregiving burden of
families contribute to the quality of life for terminally ill cancer patients in Taiwan. Psycho-Oncology, 17
(12), 1202-1209. Times cited: 60. (SSCI paper; Social, Science, Biomedical). (Impact factor: 3.256, Rank:
2/39=5.13%).
123.Chien CR, Tsai CM, Tang ST, Chung KP, Chiu CH, Lai MS. (2008). Quality of care for lung cancer in
Taiwan: A pattern of care based on core measures in the Taiwan Cancer Database registry. Journal of the
Formosan Medical Association, 107, 635-643. Times cited: 10. (SCI paper; MEDICINE, GENERAL &
INTERNAL). (Impact factor: 2.018, Rank: 44/151=29.14%).
124.Tang, ST., Li, CY., Chen CCH. Trajectory and determinants of the quality of life of family caregivers of
terminally ill cancer patients in Taiwan. Quality of Life Research, 2008; 17, 387-395. Times cited: 54.
(SCI paper; HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES). (Impact factor: 2.429, Rank: 28/87=32.18%)
125.Tang, ST., Li, CY. (2008). The important role of sense of coherence in relation to depressive symptoms
for Taiwanese family caregivers of cancer patients at the end of life. Journal of Psychosomatic Research,
64, 195-203. Times cited: 38. (SSCI paper; PSYCHIATRY). (Impact factor: 2.840, Rank:
36/136=26.47%).
126.Chung KP, Lai MS, Cheng SH, Tang ST, Huang CC, Cheng AL, Hsieh PC. (2008). Organization-based
performance measures of cancer care quality: core measure development for breast cancer in Taiwan.
European Journal of Cancer Care, 17 (1), 5-18. Times cited:24. (SSCI paper; Rehabilitation). (Impact
factor: 1.794, Rank: 12/71=16.90%)
127.Chen, C.C.H., Bai TT, Huang GH, Tang ST.* (2007). Revisiting the concept of malnutrition in older
people. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16, 2015-2026. Times cited:39. (SCI paper; NURSING). (Impact
factor: 1.384, Rank: 34/116=29.31%) (Corresponding author).
128.Tang ST, Li CY, Liao YC. Factors associated with depressive distress among Taiwanese family caregivers
of cancer patients at the end of life. Palliative Medicine, 2007; 21, 249-257. Times cited: 57. (SCI paper;
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES). (Impact factor: 3.685, Rank: 9/87=10.34%).
129.Tang, ST., Chen, ML., Huang, EW., Koong, SL., Lin GL., Hsiao, SC. (2007). Hospice utilization in
Taiwan by cancer patients who died between 2000 and 2004. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management,
33, 446-453. Times cited: 40. (SCI paper; MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL). (Impact factor: 2.649,
Rank: 28/151=18.54%).
130.Tang, ST., Liu, TW., Lai, MS., Liu, LN, Chen, CH, Koong, SL. (2006). Congruence of knowledge,
experiences and preferences for disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis between terminally-ill cancer
patients and their family caregivers in Taiwan. Cancer Investigation, 24, 360-366. Times cited: 88. (SCI
paper; ONCOLOGY). (Impact factor: 2.231, Rank: 141/213=61.04%)
131.Liu, LN, Li, CY, Tang, ST, Huan, CS, Chiou, AF. (2006). Role of continuing supportive cares in increasing
social support and reducing perceived uncertainty among women with newly diagnosed breast cancer in
Taiwan. Cancer Nursing, 29, 273-282. Times cited: 17. (SCI paper; NURSING). (Impact factor: 2.017,
Rank: 8/116=6.90%)
132.Tang, ST. (2006). Predictors of the Extent of Agreement for Quality of Life Assessments between
Terminally Ill Cancer Patients and Their Primary Family Caregivers in Taiwan. Quality of Life Research,
15, 391-404. Times cited: 9. (SCI paper; HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES). (Impact factor:
2.429, Rank: 28/87=32.18%)
133.Tang, ST. (2006). Concordance of quality of life assessments between terminally ill cancer patients and
their primary family caregivers in Taiwan. Cancer Nursing, 29, 49-57. Times cited: 26. (SCI paper;
NURSING). (Impact factor: 2.017, Rank: 8/116=6.90%)
134.McCorkle R, Tang ST, Greenwald, H, Holcombe G, Lavery M. (2006). Factors related to depressive
symptoms among long-term survivors of cervical cancer. Health Care for Women International, 27, 45-58.
Times cited: 27. (SSCI paper; WOMEN'S STUDIES). (Impact factor: 0.958, Rank: 20/40=50.00%).
135.Tang, ST., Liu, TW., Lai, MS., Liu, LN, Chen, CH. (2005). Concordance of preferences for end-of-life
care between terminally-ill cancer patients and their family caregivers in Taiwan. Journal of Pain and
Symptom Management, 30, 510-518. Times cited: 93. (SCI paper; MEDICINE, GENERAL &
INTERNAL). (Impact factor: 2.649, Rank: 28/151=18.54%).
136.Tang, ST., Liu, TW., Lai, MS., McCorkle, R. (2005). Discrepancy in the preferences of place of death
between terminally ill cancer patients and their primary family caregivers in Taiwan. Social Science &
Medicine, 61, 1560-1566. Times cited: 75. (SSCI paper; Social, Science, Biomedical). (Impact factor:
2.814, Rank: 5/39=12.82)
137.Tang, ST., McCorkle, R.& Bradley, E.H. (2004). Determinants of death in an inpatient hospice for
terminally ill cancer patients. Palliative and Supportive Care, 2, 361-370. Times cited:12.
138.Tang, ST., & Lee, SY. (2004). Cancer diagnosis and prognosis in Taiwan: Patient preferences versus
experiences. Psycho-Oncology. 13, 1-13. Times cited: 60. (SSCI paper; Social, Science, Biomedical).
(Impact factor: 3.256, Rank: 2/39=5.13%).
139.Chen, C.C.H., Kenefick, A.L., Tang, S.T., & McCorkle, R. (2004). Utilization of comprehensive geriatric
assessment in cancer patients. Critical Reviews in Oncology Hematology, 49, 53-67. (SCI paper;
ONCOLOGY) Times cited: 42. (Impact factor:5.039, Rank: 34/213=15.96%)
140.Tang, ST. (2003) Determinants of Hospice Home Care Use among Terminally Ill Cancer Patients. Nursing
Research, 52, 217-225. Times cited: 17. (SCI paper; NURSING). (Impact factor: 1.856, Rank:
13/116=11.21%)
141.Tang, S.T., McCorkle, R. (2003). Determinants of Congruence between the Preferred and Actual Place of
Death for terminally ill cancer patients. Journal of Palliative Care, 19, 230-237. (SCI paper; HEALTH
CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES) Times cited: 95. (Impact factor: 0.707, Rank: 80/87=91.95%)
142.Tang, ST. (2003) When Death is Imminent, Where Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Prefer to Die and Why.
Cancer Nursing, 26, 245-251. Times cited: 185. (SCI paper; NURSING). (Impact factor: 2.017, Rank:
8/116=6.90%)
143.McCorkle, R., Pasacrtea, J., & Tang, ST. (2003). The silent killer: psychological issues in ovarian cancer.
Holistic Nursing Practice, 17, 300-308. Times cited: 33. (SCI paper; NURSING). (Impact factor: 0.659,
Rank: 94/116=81.03%)
144.Tang, S.T. (2002). Influencing factors of place of death for home care cancer patients in Taiwan. Cancer
Nursing, 25, 158-166. Times cited: 40. (SCI paper; NURSING). (Impact factor: 2.017, Rank: 8/116=6.90%)
145.Tang, S.T., Dixon, J. (2002). Instrument Translation and Evaluation of Equivalence and Psychometric
Properties: The Chinese Sense of Coherence Scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 10, 59-76. Times
cited: 60.
146.Tang, S.T., McCorkle, R. (2002). Appropriate Time Frames for Data Collection in Quality of Life
Research Among Cancer Patients at the End of Life. Quality of Life Research, 11, 145-155. (SCI paper;
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES). Times cited: 21. (Impact factor: 2.429, Rank:
28/87=32.18%).
147.Tang, S.T., McCorkle, R. (2002). Use of Family Proxies in Quality of Life Research for Cancer Patients
at the End of Life: A literature review. Cancer Investigation, 20(7-8): 1086-1104. (SCI paper;
ONCOLOGY). Times cited: 124. (Impact factor: 2.231, Rank: 141/213=61.04%)
148.Tang, S.T., McCorkle, R. (2001). Determinants of place of death for terminal care patients. Cancer
Investigation, 19, 165-180. (SCI paper; ONCOLOGY). Times cited: 101 (Impact factor: 2.231, Rank:
141/213=61.04%)
149.Tang, S.T. (2000). Meanings of dying at home for Chinese patients in Taiwan with terminal cancer: A
literature review. Cancer Nursing, 23, 367-370. Times cited: 79. (SCI paper; NURSING). (Impact factor:
2.017, Rank: 8/116=6.90%)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS—PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES（CHINESE）
1. 戴鈺娌,陳貞秀,楊政達,陳綱華,江明珠,唐秀治. (2015). 統合分析晚期非小細胞肺癌病人化學治療期間生活品質變化及其影響因素. 台灣癌症醫誌, 2(3): 224-233.
2. 郭素青 ; 蔡洧沂 ; 唐秀治*. (2014). 癌症末期病患照顧者之喪親後憂鬱歷程及其影響因素.腫
瘤護理雜誌 14,31-41
3. 陳貞秀、唐秀治*. (2014). 癌症病人預後告知的現況及其影響的探討.台灣癌症醫誌, 1(2),
103-112.
4. 姜月桃、陳紀雯、蔡培癸、陳全美、唐秀治*.(2012)兒童生命末期症狀盛行率之文獻回顧.榮總
護理,29(4), 374-380.
5. 陳貞秀、 劉莉妮、 徐翠霞、蔣曉文、雷靜怡、唐秀治*.(2008). 影響臺灣地區非安寧照顧下進
展性癌症病患認知預後的因素. 中華癌醫會誌,24(1), 49-59.
6. 陳貞秀、劉滄梧、蔡來蔭、劉憶萍、徐翠霞、唐秀治*. (2006). 臺灣非安寧照顧下末期癌症疼
痛處置的適當性。中華癌醫會誌, 22(1), 1-13.
7. 戴金英、唐秀治*. (2006).影響癌末病人主要照顧家屬正向與負向照顧經驗之因素探討.新臺北
護理雜誌,8(1), 17-31. (Corresponding author).
8. 唐秀治*、陳美伶、鍾國彪、賴美淑、鄭守夏、邱秀渝、邱昭華、孔憲蘭、蕭淑純. (2005).臺
灣癌症中心病人面向的照護品質探討。中華癌醫會誌, 21(4), 7-21.
9. 陳怡亨、唐秀治*. (2005).使用代理人當作無法語言表達病患的資訊替代來源. 臺灣醫學,
9(6), 806-813. (Corresponding author).
10. 唐秀治*、蔡俊明、鍾國彪、賴美淑、孔憲蘭、蕭淑純. (2004). 肺癌品質指標之建立. 胸腔醫
學, 19(6) 463-475.
11. 劉莉妮、唐秀治*. (2004). 癌症病人突破性疼痛的盛行率與特性. 臺灣醫學, 8(6), 874-878.
(Corresponding author).
12. Tang, S.T. (1997). Cancer pain management. Journal of Nursing Perspective, 7, 31-45. (In Chinese)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS—BOOK CHAPTER
1. McCorkle, R., Tang, S.T., Pasacrtea, J. (2004). Psychosocial Aspects of Hematologic Disorders. InHoffman, Benz, Shattil, Furie, Cohen, Silberstein & McGlave. (Eds). Hematology: Basic principles and
practice. (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier Science. 1611-1621.
2. Richmond, T., Tang, S.T., Tulman, L., Fawcett, J., & McCorkle, R. (2004). Measuring function. In
Frank-Stromborg, M., & Olsen, S.J. (Eds). Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research. (3rd ed.)
Sudbury: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. 83-99.
3. Preston, F. A., Tang, S.T., McCorkle, R. (2003). Philosophy, Principles, and Politics of Symptom
Management for the Terminally Ill. In Germino, B., Pittman, M., & Corless, I. B. (Eds.). Dying, Death,
and Bereavement: A Challenge for Living. New York: Springer Publication. 145-180.
4. Tang, S.T. (2001). Palliative nursing care in Taiwan. In Ferrell, B. R., & Coyle, N. (Eds.). Oxford
Textbook of Palliative Nursing. New York: Oxford University Press. Pp. 747-756.
5. Tang, S.T. (1997). Cancer Symptom Management. Taipei: Farseeing Publishing Co. (In Chinese).