放弃治疗与预先指示

Giving up Treatment and Directives in Advance

一方面,放弃治疗违背了我国传统的生死观,违背了医生救死扶伤,治病救人的职业道德和职责;另一方面,在进行放弃治疗的决策中,由于各种原因,患者的知情同意权被剥夺,由其家属进行代理,导致患者的权利无法完全保障。制定预先指示,患者在还有能力自主作出医疗决策时,就可通过生前预嘱或预立医疗代理人的方式,表明其在终末期的医疗选择或由谁代理其作出医疗决策。这可更好地保障患者的权益。

On the one hand, giving up treatment against the traditional view of life and death in our country, also is contrary to the doctors＇ ethics and responsibilities for healing the wounded and rescue the dying; On the other hand, in the decision of giving up treatment, due to various reasons, patients＇informed consent right was deprived, represented by their families, which resulted in the rights of patients cant fully guaranteed. Make directives in advance when patients have capacity to make medical decisions, could through living wills or preset medical agent, show that the agent who is in the end-stage medical choices or their medical decisions, which can better safeguard the rights and interests of the patients.