Talking About Palliative Care Recipients From the Perspective of Promoting Living Wills
10.12290/xhyxzz.2023-0617
- VernacularTitle:从推广生前预嘱的角度谈缓和医疗照护对象
- Author:
Bo WANG
1
;
Wei JIANG
1
;
Yuping LUO
1
Author Information
1. Beijing Living Will Promotion Association, Beijing 100027, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
living will;
palliative care;
care recipient
- From:
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital
2024;15(1):42-44
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
At present, all countries and regions providing palliative care service regard living wills and similar documents expressing personal wishes as the legal premise for carrying out this medical service. Defining the population receiving palliative care involves not only ethics or professional skills, but also constant revisions and changes with the development of economy and civilization. Meanwhile, the concept and promotion methods of living wills have also undergone rounds of updates. The nature of hospice and palliative care is respect for individuals, and it is the product of re-understanding the nature of life in the era of technological expansion. As a social organization promoting the concept of living will and death with dignity, we earnestly and confidently expect that hospice and palliative care become a basic right enjoyed by everyone in the near future.
