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欧州6カ国の終末期の意思決定:記述的研究
Agnes van der Heide1, Luc Deliens, Karin Faisst
1Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, Netherlands. a.vanderheide@erasmusmc.nl <a.vanderheide@erasmusmc.nl>
Lancet (London, England)
|August 9, 2003
まとめ
終末期の決定は,欧州の6カ国で一般的であり,患者の関与と死亡の早めに関する慣行には大きな違いがあります. これらの医学的決定は,特に意思決定がより一般的である場合,患者や親戚と頻繁に議論されます.
科学分野:
- 医療倫理 医療倫理について
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
背景:
- 終末期の意思決定に関する経験的データは限られている.
- 本研究では,欧州6カ国でこれらの慣行の頻度と特徴を調査しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 寿命末期の意思決定の流行を定量化するために.
- 各国における意思決定の特徴の多様性を探求する.
- これらの重要な医療選択における患者と家族の関与を評価する.
主な方法:
- 郵送されたアンケート調査は,ベルギー,デンマーク,イタリア,オランダ,スウェーデン,スイスの医者に実施されました.
- 2001年6月から2002年2月の間に発生した死亡についてデータを収集した.
- すべての死亡者に対する結果の代表性を確保するために,加重されたパーセントが使用されました.
主要な成果:
- 回答率は国によって異なっており,オランダの回答率は75%で,イタリアの回答率は44%でした.
- 生命の終焉に関する決定が先行した死亡の割合は,イタリアの23%からスイスの51%までだった.
- 死亡を早めるための薬剤の投与は低い (<1%から3.40%),患者や親戚との意思決定の議論において,国間の有意な変動があった.
結論:
- 医療上の終末期の決定は,研究されたヨーロッパ諸国では頻繁に起こります.
- 意思決定への患者および相対的な関与は,これらの決定の頻度,特により高い流行率を有する国において相関しています.
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