中国传统文化何以容纳患者自主

Compatibility of Traditional Chinese Culture and Patient's Autonomy

患者自主概念源于生命伦理学的自主原则,它在概念上强调对医患关系的依附和医生对患者自主权利的尊重。传统儒家的仁学在强调人与人之间的关系的同时,没有否定个人的自主,通过对"人"的肯定和对人的"情感自由"的认可来体现自主的力量。传统中国医患关系中,要求医生尊重生命、尊重患者,治病时要了解患者的心理和情感等,表明了中国传统文化能够容纳患者自主。

Patients’autonomy derives from the principle of autonomy in bioethics,which emphasizes the doctor’s obligations to respect and protect the rights of the patient.Confucianism places greater emphasis on the relationship between human beings,and on the other hand,it does not ignore autonomy of an individual,which shows the autonomous power of an individual through the affirmation of‘humans’and“emotional freedom”of hu-mans.According to the traditional ideas about doctor -patient relationship,doctors should give priority to pa-tients’life,respect them,be polite to them,and understand their psychology and emotions during treatment,and so on.This shows traditional doctor -patient relationship can be compatible with the patients’autonomy.