终末期病人救治中的伦理学思考

随着现代医疗技术的发展和不断进步，越来越多的病情危重的终末期患者能够得到救治并延长生命，同时也导致对一些不可逆疾病患者或处于临终状态的病人进行毫无意义的治疗，消耗大量的医疗资源。临终关怀尊重死亡的自然过程，不加速也不延迟死亡，因此，临终关怀是避免医疗资源过度浪费的有效手段，但这也引发了伦理、道德和法律等诸多方面的争议。在我国目前经济发展水平和社会医疗保障制度还处于较低的情况下，深入思考终末期病人救治中的伦理学问题，对于有限医疗资源的合理分配以及新的医疗保险制度的完善大有裨益。

Ethical Reflection on the Treatment of Terminal Stage Patients

With the development of modern medical technology, more and more serious illness can be treated, prolonging the life of termianl stage patients, but it also lead to invalid treatment for some termianl stage patients with incurable diseases. Hospice care doesn＇t changes the natural process of death, while shows respect for the natural process of death, thus can serve as an effective means to solve this problem. However, moral, ethical and legal disputes are also triggered by hospice. Under the current condition of China in which the economic development,social and medical security system are not perfect,deep reflection on the treatment of patients with terminal stage diseases is of great referncing value to rationally distribute the now limited health resources and improve new medical insurance system.