Rabbi Weiss Richard B
Young Israel of Hillcrest, Flushing, New York, USA.
Cancer Invest. 2007 Jun;25(4):274-7. doi: 10.1080/07357900701225380.
Controlling the pain of patients at the end of life can be challenging both clinically and ethically. One ethical obstacle arises when analgesia has the potential to hasten the death of the patient, thus, invoking the principle of "double effect" to resolve such dilemmas. This article will develop, analyze, and apply that principle from a Jewish perspective. It is this writer's opinion, that pain management can be administered effectively from a Jewish perspective in most clinical scenarios.
控制临终患者的疼痛在临床和伦理方面都可能具有挑战性。当镇痛有可能加速患者死亡时，就会出现一个伦理障碍，因此，需要援引“双重效应”原则来解决此类困境。本文将从犹太教的视角来阐述、分析和应用这一原则。笔者认为，在大多数临床情况下，从犹太教的视角可以有效地进行疼痛管理。
