Corbett T L, Hai D M
Hosp Prog. 1979 Mar;60(3):38-41, 76.
American culture, with its insistence on happiness and its obsession with technology, discourages a realistic approach to death. Within the concept of Euthanatos, a "good death," however, patients get the chance in the comfortable surroundings of the hospice to integrate dying into their total life experience. Here, their emotional as well as physical needs receive medical attention.
美国文化执着于幸福并痴迷于科技，这阻碍了人们以现实的态度面对死亡。然而，在“安乐死”（一种“善终”）的概念中，患者有机会在临终关怀医院舒适的环境里，将死亡融入他们完整的人生经历。在这里，他们的情感需求和身体需求都能得到医疗关注。
