Elash A
CMAJ. 1997 Dec 1;157(11):1589-92.
Growing demand has led some Canadian hospitals to offer alternative therapies to patients, even though many physicians still question their efficacy. Anita Elash visited Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, where staff physicians have been debating the issue. One physician said hospitals have no choice but to offer the treatments. "If you believe in the primacy of patients making their own decisions and you believe in the fundamental of informed consent, you cannot deny them access to this treatment."
不断增长的需求促使一些加拿大医院为患者提供替代疗法,尽管许多医生仍对其疗效表示质疑。安妮塔·伊拉什走访了多伦多的桑尼布鲁克健康科学中心,那里的医生们一直在讨论这个问题。一位医生表示,医院别无选择,只能提供这些治疗。“如果你相信患者自主做决定的首要性,并且相信知情同意的基本原则,你就不能拒绝他们接受这种治疗。”