Gendron C, Carrier M
Faculté des sciences infirmières de l'Université Laval, Québec.
Can Nurse. 1998 Sep;94(8):45-8.
Fully experiencing the last moments of life, in a setting of relative calm and affection, is one of the victories won by the Western movement to rediscover death, which began three decades ago. The author describes the fertile ground from which this movement emerged and makes no pretence of defending medical technology that today supports a multitude of tests in a sort of diagnostic obsessiveness before shifting to a therapeutic obsession in treating people with incurable disease. The author instead advocates the benefits of death with dignity. A well structured analysis of the palliative approach confirms the inalienable nature of human freedom and dignity.
在相对平静和关爱的环境中充分体验生命的最后时刻，是西方三十年前开始的重新发现死亡运动所取得的胜利之一。作者描述了这一运动兴起的沃土，并且毫不掩饰地批判了如今的医疗技术，这种技术在转向对绝症患者的治疗痴迷之前，会陷入一种诊断强迫症，进行大量的检查。相反，作者倡导有尊严地死亡。对姑息治疗方法的精心分析证实了人类自由和尊严的不可剥夺性。
