Ethical considerations about emergent surgical hospitalizations in patients with advanced cancer.
Ethical considerations about emergent surgical hospitalizations in patients with advanced cancer.
复制标题
晚期癌症患者紧急手术住院的伦理考虑。
作者:
Lee,KatherineC;Cooper,Zara
Unexpected, emergent surgical hospitalizations are common among patients with advanced cancer near end of life and pose an ethical challenge for acute care clinicians, including hospitalists, oncologists, and proceduralists. Referring to the principles of autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence can guide clinicians to provide goal‐concordant care during an acute hospitalization that maximizes patient outcomes without prolonging suffering during the dying process.