癌症晚期宁养医疗服务决策的功利主义评价

面对日益增多的癌症晚期患者,为了帮助该患病群体在制定医疗服务决策时保证医学疗护手段科学性,又能确保医疗决策伦理价值的正确性,以功利主义伦理理论为进路,通过讨论癌症晚期患者积极抗肿瘤医治、放弃治疗与宁养医疗服务三种不同医疗模式可能带来的结果与效用,阐明宁养医疗服务是癌症晚期患者全面利益观的体现,论证了其伦理价值取向的合理性,从而为广大群众能转变观念,接受、制定并执行宁养疗护计划提供依据与伦理支持,以期广泛推广。

Hospice Service for Patients with Advanced Cancer from Utilitarianism

Facing increasing advanced cancer patients, there are three possible healthcare models for the patient, treatment, abandoning treatment and hospice service.In order to help patients make reasonable healthcare decision that guarantees not only its healthcare scientificity, but also the ethical correctness.The essay discusses possible utilities of these three different types of healthcare models from utilitarianism.It evaluates the rationalities of hospice service, which reflects the greatest utilities of patients with advanced cancer, and provides ethical supporting theories for it.Based on that, people may reconsider the best way of caring the patients, and be more willing to accept hospice service.