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摘要: 撤除生命维持干预(life-sustaining medical intervention,LSMI)是临床实践中常见的伦理学问题。本文分别从尊重患者自主性、无效医疗和患者最佳利益三个方面,尝试对临床实践中撤除LSMI的伦理学可辩护性进行梳理和分析,并结合案例提出可操作性建议与对策。笔者认为符合下述任一条件时,撤除LSMI可获得伦理学辩护:(1)患者作出有效同意;(2)LSMI被判定为无效医疗;(3)撤除LSMI符合患者的最佳利益。最后,阐述临床实践中撤除LSMI所面临的挑战及可能的解决途径。Abstract: Decision to withdraw life-sustaining medical intervention(LSMI) is a common ethical issue in clinical practice. This paper reviews and analyzes the ethical arguments for withdrawing LSMI from three aspects: respect for autonomy, medical futility and patients' best interests. The authors argue that withdrawal of LSMI can be ethically justified when any of the following conditions is met: when patient gives valid consent, LSMI is judged to be medically futile, or it is in the patients' best interests. This paper proposes practical suggestions for the withdrawal of LSMI in clinical practice, and presents several policy suggestions. Finally, the authors identify several challenges of withdrawing LSMI in practice and possible approaches to addressing them.
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Key words:
- withdraw /
- life-sustaining medical intervention /
- medical ethics /
- law
作者贡献:张迪负责文献检索、论文撰写及修订;宁晓红负责论文选题及修订。利益冲突:所有作者均声明不存在利益冲突 -
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