Life-or-Death Choice of Critically Ill Patients from the Perspective of Confucian Familism:Thinking on "Qiong Yao Incident"
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2017.09.12
- VernacularTitle:儒家家庭主义视角下病危患者的生死抉择——由“琼瑶事件”引发的思考
- Author:
Sihan SUN
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Author Information
1. 香港城市大学公共政策系
- Keywords:
Confucian Familism;
Medical Decision Making;
Hospice Care
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2017;30(9):1114-1117
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
"Qiong Yao incident" has triggered a discussion on the life-or-death choice in critically ill patients.Aimed at this problem,this paper analyzed the decision-making short cut of Confucian familism in Confucian life ethics,from the perspective of the implication of Confucian familism in medical ethics,the family consultation principle in medical decision making,the great significance of family-oriented medical decisions for patients and family members,and the family love in hospice care.In addition,it pointed out that hospice care in China is still in the preliminary exploration stage,so we should actively establish a road of hospice care which is suitable for China's national conditions.
