Laufer S
Aust Health Rev. 1987;10(3):203-11.
Changes in technology, enabling the medical profession to prolong the life of a patient, reflect the need for the legal and ethical questions involved to be adequately addressed. The relationship that clearly exists between law and ethics is now being pressed by this new technology. Recent cases that have come before the courts indicate just how complex the issues are. They highlight the fact that there is a need for the establishment of suitable decision-making processes to deal with the issues and to provide for some certainty and consistency in approach.
技术的变革使医疗行业能够延长患者的生命，这反映出有必要充分解决其中涉及的法律和伦理问题。法律与伦理之间明显存在的关系如今正受到这项新技术的挑战。最近提交到法庭的案例表明这些问题是多么复杂。它们凸显出有必要建立适当的决策程序来处理这些问题，并在处理方法上提供一定的确定性和连贯性。
