Ethical Conflicts and Countermeasures on Diseases Informing of Malignant Tumor Patients
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2017.10.16
- VernacularTitle:恶性肿瘤患者病情告知时的伦理冲突与应对策略
- Author:
Shaojun TANG
1
;
Jie JIANG
;
lihui ZENG
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西医院党办
- Keywords:
Malignant Tumor Patient;
Disease Informing;
Ethical Conflict;
Medical Decision
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2017;30(10):1259-1262
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
At present, most of the malignancies still have poor treatment and even poor prognosis .In the case of disease informing , the families of many patients with malignant tumors are inclined to conceal the disease based on the risks that may result in the patient ' s pain while patients want to know their disease diagnosis and prognosis . Telling patients the truth is helpful to promote the patients to participate in the treatment decision , cooperate with the treatment, prolong the survival time , improve the quality of life and also is the requirement of relevant laws and regulations, but it also faces many ethical conflicts in practice .Aiming at this, this paper proposed to strengthen health education , make necessary training to medical staff , design individual informative programs , cooperate rea-sonably with family members , and so on .
