Nursing and Community Health, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.
Nurs Open. 2021 May;8(3):1023-1029. doi: 10.1002/nop2.777. Epub 2021 Feb 11.
Family surrogate decision-making during the later stage of a patient's life may sometimes result in conflict and emotional distress among the parties involved. The present article aims to promote ethical end-of-life decision-making among healthcare professionals in a view to eliminating any misunderstanding that may arise while meeting the care needs of the patient.
A case study involving a request for treatment withdrawal by the family of a patient on end of life.
This paper draws upon a scenario encountered during practice to analyse the moral commitments in delivering high-quality end-of-life care with much emphasis on pre-existing palliative care guidelines for adults.
Healthcare professionals are bound by the principle of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and justice. Although the use of guidelines may be tenable, decisions often take into consideration the patient's choice and then weighed against the moral values of healthcare specialists and those required in the profession.
在患者生命的后期，家属作为代理人做出决策，可能会导致相关各方之间产生冲突和情绪困扰。本文旨在促进医疗保健专业人员在进行合乎伦理的临终决策方面的工作，以消除在满足患者护理需求时可能出现的任何误解。
一项涉及生命末期患者家属要求停止治疗的案例研究。
本文利用实践中遇到的一个场景，分析了在提供高质量临终关怀方面的道德承诺，重点强调了成人姑息治疗指南的预先存在。
医疗保健专业人员受惠人、不伤害人、自主和公正原则的约束。虽然使用指南可能是可行的，但决策往往会考虑患者的选择，然后权衡医疗保健专家的道德价值观以及该专业所需的价值观。
