Drinkwater C K, Roberts S H
J Med Ethics. 1978 Mar;4(1):12-7. doi: 10.1136/jme.4.1.12.
Two cases of carcinoma of the stomach presenting during the same month and dying within four weeks of one another less than one year later are presented. One was treated symptomatically and the other received radical surgery. The care they received depended on decisions about diagnosis and treatment; the outcomes of these and the difficulties involved in evaluating monetary costs and quality of care are discussed in the light of recent interest in medical audit.
本文介绍了两例胃癌病例,这两例病例在同一个月发病,不到一年后相继在四周内死亡。其中一例接受了对症治疗,另一例接受了根治性手术。他们所接受的治疗取决于诊断和治疗的决策;鉴于最近对医疗审计的关注,本文讨论了这些治疗的结果以及评估货币成本和护理质量所涉及的困难。