晚期癌症患者的尊严疗法

Dignity therapy in patients with advanced cancer

尊严疗法是一种个体化心理治疗干预,其通过访谈形式为疾病终末期患者提供一个敞开心扉,分享内心感受和个人情感的机会,旨在提高个人存在价值感和尊严感。虽然全社会对姑息治疗的关注不断增加,但中国尊严疗法的发展仍处于起步阶段。现针对尊严及尊严疗法的相关问题进行综述。

Dignity therapy is an individualized psychotherapy that is developed for the purpose of increasing personal value and sense of dignity for dying patients through interview. In the interview,patients are invited to open their hearts,and share their feelings and emotions. Although the attention on palliative care is significantly increasing,the development of dignity therapy in China is still in early stage. The issues of dignity and dignity therapy are reviewed in this article.