患方自决权的伦理和法律思考

An Ethical and Legal Reflection on Patients' Right of Self Decision Making

医院因丈夫拒签而不做手术,最终导致孕妇及胎儿一起死亡的悲剧给我们极大震撼,如何既保护病人的生命权、被救助权和手术权,又让医院救死扶伤而没有后顾之忧,通过回顾患方自决权的历史沿革,分析尊重患方自决权的伦理意义,认为正确理解患方自决权,从悲剧汲取教训,国家应当设置紧急处理机构。

There is an extremely shocking tragedy of a real medical case. The cesarean section couldn ＇t be performed on a full - term in - labor woman because the patient＇s husband refused to sign the operation validation contract, leading to the death of both the will - be mother and the baby. The above case shows a dilemma between protecting patients＂ rights of life, being cured and operated and protecting the doctors from being prosecuted in medical treatment.