非洲的安乐死:对经验证据的全面审查
Jimoh Amzat1,2, Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi3,4,5, Abbas Ismail6
1Department of Sociology Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto Nigeria.
Health science reports
|June 1, 2023
概括
医生协助自杀和安乐死 (PAS/E) 在非洲被广泛拒绝,因为医生的核心职责是保护生命. 然而,被动安乐死,就像扣留救命护理一样,面临着较少的阻力,受到年龄和无法治愈等因素的影响.
科学领域:
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
- 在生命末期的护理.
- 非洲的医疗保健系统
背景情况:
- 医生辅助自杀和安乐死 (PAS/E) 构成了道德上的挑战,与医生保护生命的义务相冲突.
- 虽然全球关于PAS/E的讨论很广泛,但目前没有非洲国家将这些做法合法化或非刑事化.
- 本综述综合了非洲背景下对安乐死的科学观点.
研究的目的:
- 进行关于非洲安乐死的经验性文章的范围审查.
- 收集有关非洲大陆安乐死的证据和科学观点.
- 了解非洲关于医生辅助自杀和安乐死的观点.
主要方法:
- 在五个电子数据库 (PubMed,SCOPUS,CINHAL Complete,AMED,APA PsycInfo) 中进行系统搜索.
- 在非洲对安乐死进行的相关文章的识别和选.
- 14项数据提取和叙事综合包括经验研究.
主要成果:
- 在经过审查的文献中,观察到大量拒绝主动安乐死.
- 被动安乐死 (扣留/撤回救命护理) 遇到的抵抗较小,特别是患有无法治愈的老年患者.
- 个人对PAS/E的看法是由宗教,职业和年龄决定的,社会文化背景通常不支持PAS/E.
结论:
- 安乐死在非洲仍然是一个有争议的问题,反映了全球辩论.
- 在非洲人群中,强烈强调关怀和保护生命的义务,这支了广泛拒绝PAS/E的基础.
- 社会文化因素和专业考虑在非洲显著影响终身护理决策.
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