欧州の胃腸内科医は,がん患者に何と言いますか?
O O Thomsen1, H R Wulff, A Martin
1Medical Department C, Herlev Hospital (University of Copenhagen), Denmark.
Lancet (London, England)
|February 20, 1993
まとめ
欧州の胃腸内科医は,癌の診断の開示において異なっています. 北欧の医師は通常,患者と配偶者に情報を伝えますが,南欧と東欧の医師は,配偶者とのコミュニケーションを優先して,患者から情報を隠しています.
科学分野:
- 医療倫理 医療倫理について
- 胃腸内科 胃腸内科
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
背景:
- 医療の実践,特に腫瘍学における真実を語ることは,複雑な倫理的問題である.
- 文化的および地域的な多様性は,がんの診断に関する医師と患者のコミュニケーションに大きな影響を与えます.
研究 の 目的:
- 癌の症例における真実を語ることに対するヨーロッパの胃腸内科医の態度を調査する.
- 患者および配偶者に結腸直腸がんの診断を公表する際の地域差異を調査する.
主な方法:
- ヨーロッパ全土の胃腸科医にアンケートが配布されました.
- 回答者は,患者および配偶者と共有した情報を詳細に述べ,仮説的な大腸がん症例に対するコミュニケーションアプローチを説明するよう求められました.
主要な成果:
- 北欧の胃腸内科は,患者と配偶者両方に診断を一般に開示し,患者の同意に基づくいくつかの例外を除きます.
- 南欧と東欧では,大半の胃腸内科医師は,直接の問い合わせでも,患者から診断を隠す傾向があり,通常は配偶者に完全に知らせている.
- 北欧の医師の中には,癌が転移したときに真実を美化していると報告している.
結論:
- 癌診断の開示に関する欧州の胃腸内科医師の慣行には,地域差が大きい.
- これらの変動は,異なる医師の態度と,文化的に影響された患者の期待の組み合わせから生じる可能性が高い.
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