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KMID : 0901419980030010025
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Journal of Research Institute for Hospice & Palliative Care
1998 Volume.3 No. 1 p.25 ~ p.32
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Doctors’ Attitude to Ethical Issues In The Dying Patitents
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Choi Youn-Seon
Lee Young-Mee
Hong Myung-Ho
Kim Jang-Wook
Shin Seung-Wook
Lee Tai-Ho
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Abstract
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Background : Nowadays, it is possible to prolong the life. And to improve the quality of life of the dying patients, they need to receive not only the physical, pscychological, social and spiritual care but also comprehensive and continuous care. Also, doctors have to consider many ethical issues especially in the dying patients. The purpose of this study is to analyze the doctors’ attitude of those ethical issues and emphasize the importance of hospice.
Methods : During September 1996, doctors who worked for a university hospital participated in this study by responding to the pre-made questionnaire. It dealt with the most suffering pain, the preferred death place, the use of life maintaining equipments, the application of cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) to terminal patients and the doctors’ experience and attitude euthanasia.
Results : ① The most suffering symptom in dying patients was pain(60.0%). ② The death place was recommended by doctors was home(58.8%) and hospital (15.4%) in order. ③ 56.9% of doctors answered ’the life maintaining equipments isn’t needed’, 29.2% of doctors answered’ according to the case’, and ’needed’ was 12.3%. ④ The application of CPR to the terminal patients, without the DNR chart, the only 15.4% of doctors answered "Do not CPR." But with the DNR chart, the percents of ’Do not CPR’ was increased to 69.2%. The resident group did more CPR than specialist group(p<0.01). ⑤ The 50.8% of doctors agreed with the passive euthanasia.
Conclusions : Many doctors follow the family member’s opinion in the ethical issues of the dying patients. Euthanasia is forbidden by the law in Korea, but many doctors agree with the passive euthanasia. Hospice can solve the debating ethical issues including the euthanasia.
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KEYWORD
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Euthanasia, Hospice, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Ethics
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