Bioethical dilemmas and solutions faced by palliative care for patients with malignant tumors
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2024.07.03
- VernacularTitle:恶性肿瘤患者姑息治疗面临的生命伦理难题及破解之道
- Author:
Keyu LIN
1
;
Hongjiang ZHANG
1
;
Liwei GE
2
Author Information
1. School of Medical Humanities, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China
2. School of Marxism, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
patients with malignant tumors;
palliative care;
bioethics
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2024;37(7):764-769
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Palliative care， as the most special way to treat malignant tumors， is not only conducive to improving the quality of life and life value of patients， as well as alleviating the physical and mental pain of patients and their families， but also can help to relieve their financial burden and effectively avoid the waste of limited public resources. However， in the actual promotion of palliative care services， various ethical issues are encountered， such as the dignity of death， the need for psychological care， and the patient’s right to independent decision-making. From the perspective of bioethics， by analyzing different types of practical disputes， this paper revealed their inherent ethical problems， and proposed specific countermeasures from the aspects of defending patient dignity， breaking the limitations of traditional cognition， and establishing a field model for joint decision-making between doctors and patients， so as to build a palliative care service model that suits China’s national conditions and safeguard the patients’ life rights and interests with malignant tumors.
