Szawarski Z, Tulczyński A
Warsaw University, Poland.
J Med Ethics. 1988 Mar;14(1):11-7. doi: 10.1136/jme.14.1.11.
We report the results of a survey of the attitudes and practices of paediatricians in Warsaw, Poland, with respect to the treatment of infants born with severe handicaps. The results are compared with a similar survey conducted by Australian researchers (1). In the Polish medical community surveyed, unconditional respect for life is a dominant attitude. Our study has revealed a deeply-entrenched paternalistic attitude among Polish doctors and a strong unwillingness to distinguish between 'ordinary and extraordinary means' of prolonging life, as well as an ambivalent attitude towards legal regulations binding in Poland.
我们报告了一项针对波兰华沙儿科医生对患有严重残疾婴儿治疗的态度和做法的调查结果。研究结果与澳大利亚研究人员进行的类似调查结果(1)进行了比较。在所调查的波兰医学界中,对生命的无条件尊重是一种主导态度。我们的研究揭示了波兰医生中根深蒂固的家长式态度,以及强烈不愿意区分延长生命的“普通和特殊手段”,同时对波兰具有约束力的法律法规持矛盾态度。