Tang ST

Tang, Siew-Tzuh ,Ph.D.
Institution: Chang Gung University School of Nursing
Position: Professor
Department: College of Medicine / school of nursing
Address: 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan Tao-Yuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-2118800/(03)2118420
E-mail: sttang@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Focus of Interest:

• Nursing
• Oncology
• Others : Hospice

Fulltime Employment:

• Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Staff Nurse 1984~1987
• Taipei Nurses’ Association, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Home care nurse 1987~1988
• Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Supervisor 1990~1994
• Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Deputy director of nursing department 1994~1998
• College of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Assistant Professor 2002,08~2005,07
• Chang Gung University, School of Nursing, Taiwan, ROC Assistant Professor 2005,08-2009,01
• Chang Gung University, School of Nursing, Taiwan, ROC Professor 2009,02

Education:

• National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC BSN 1984 Nursing
• Duke University, Durham, NC MSN 1990 Nursing (Oncology)
• Yale University, New Haven, CT DNS 2002 Nursing

Honors and Awards:

• 2007 Oncology Nursing Foundation. New Investigator Award
• 2002-2004 Oncology Nursing Foundation. Oncology Nursing Research Grant
• 2002 Eastern Nursing Research Society. Graduate Student Podium Presentation Award
• 2001-2003 Oncology Nursing Foundation. Palliative Care Research Award
• 2001-2002 Delta Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Internation. Chapter Research Award
• 2000-2001 Oncology Nursing Foundation. Doctoral Scholarship

Selected Main Publications:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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. Psycho-Oncology, 2013; 22: 1312-1318
4. Tang ST, Lin KC, Chen JS, Chang WC, Hsieh CH, Chou WC. (in press). Threatened with death but growing: Changes in and determinants of posttraumatic growth over the dying process for Taiwanese terminally ill cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology.
5. Tang ST, Liu TW, Chow JM, Chiu CF, Hsieh RK, Chen CH, Liu LN, Feng WL. Associations between accurate prognostic understanding and end-of-life care preferences and its correlates among Taiwanese terminally ill cancer patients surveyed in 2011-2012. Psycho-Oncology. 2014, 23: 780-787.

All Publications List

Board Certification:

• Registered Nurse License (NO.8691)