Robley Lois R
Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics, and Character, Kennesaw State University, Mailbox 5500, 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA.
Nurs Clin North Am. 2008 Sep;43(3):469-76, x. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2008.04.010.
One of the most vulnerable and voiceless groups of patients within American hospitals and institutions today are those who are dying. Health care institutions struggle with the challenge of providing excellent palliative and end-of-life care to patients while providing curative therapies at the same time. This article describes the efforts and accomplishments of the ethics committee of a community hospital system to provide for the palliative and end-of-life needs of its patients.
当今美国医院和机构中最脆弱且最缺乏话语权的患者群体之一就是临终患者。医疗机构在为患者提供优质的姑息治疗和临终关怀的同时,还要提供治愈性疗法,面临着巨大挑战。本文介绍了一个社区医院系统的伦理委员会为满足患者的姑息治疗和临终需求所做出的努力及取得的成果。