Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Middle East Cancer Consortium, Haifa, Israel.
Curr Oncol Rep. 2011 Aug;13(4):302-7. doi: 10.1007/s11912-011-0174-z.
The Middle East has been experiencing an ongoing political conflict for the past several decades. This situation has been characterized by hostility often leading to violence of all sources. At times, such a conflict led to the outbreak of a military war, which was followed by an enmity between religious, ethnic, cultural, and national populations. In such environmental situations, palliative care professionals often confront major challenges including bias, mistrust, and mutual suspicion between patients and their treating clinicians. In order to overcome such obstacles, while rendering palliative care services, all professionals involved need careful planning and execution of their treatment plans. The latter is however possible, and sometimes successful even across lines of conflict, thereby promoting understanding, mutual respect, and tolerance between the involved communities and individuals.
中东地区在过去几十年中一直经历着持续的政治冲突。这种情况的特点是敌对情绪，往往导致各种来源的暴力。有时，这种冲突会导致军事战争的爆发，随后是宗教、种族、文化和民族群体之间的敌意。在这种环境下，姑息治疗专业人员经常面临重大挑战，包括患者及其治疗临床医生之间的偏见、不信任和相互怀疑。为了克服这些障碍，在提供姑息治疗服务时，所有相关专业人员都需要仔细规划和执行他们的治疗计划。然而，这是可能的，有时甚至可以在冲突线之间取得成功，从而促进有关社区和个人之间的理解、相互尊重和宽容。
