末期病人撤除維生醫療—安寧共同照護介入之經驗

Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment in Terminal Illness Patients: An Experience of Intervention with Combined Hospice Care in a Medical Center

吳莉芬(Li-Fen Wu) ； 洪玉純(Yu-Chun Hung) ； 陳昱光(Yu-Guang Chen) ； 何景良(Ching-Liang Ho) ； 張乃文(Nai-Wei Chang) ； 潘雪幸(Hsueh-Hsing Pan)

《腫瘤護理雜誌》 16卷2期 (2016/12) Pp. 5-14

https://doi.org/10.3966/168395442016121602001

摘要

撤除維生醫療為減輕及免除末期病人之痛苦、維護病人最大利益、尊重末期病人醫療自主意願，其主要目的為維護病人尊嚴、達到善終。安寧共同照護的介入，運用同理心溝通技巧透過緩和醫療家庭會議，提升病人及家屬疾病認知、使病人及家屬獲得支持，滿足其身體、心理、社會、靈性的需求，並完成善終準備。本文藉由文獻查證了解末期病人撤除維生醫療的相關概念、國內外撤除維生醫療之現況、相關研究，並以本院安寧共照團隊介入談末期病人撤除維生醫療之經驗，期能讓護理人員了解更完善的撤除維生醫療過程，提升末期病人的照護品質。

關鍵字

末期病人 ； 撤除維生醫療 ； 安寧共同照護

並列摘要

The aims of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (WLST) are eliminating the suffering and maintaining the best interest of patients with terminal illness while showing respect to the patient’s free will, safe-guarding dignity and delivering the highest quality of end-of-life care. Through combined hospice care, empathic communications and family meetings during palliative care, the patient and the family can gain insight into health condition and seek help. Ultimately, all details of end-of-life care can be well prepared and understood in the physical, psychological and spiritual aspects. This article discusses and shares the current concepts and protocols of WLST for terminally ill patients through literature reviews of recent researches and the WLST experiences in our hospital with hopes that nursing specialists can appreciate the purpose of WLST and subsequently improve their practical skills and knowledge of quality of end-of-life care.

並列關鍵字

terminal patient ； withdrawal of life-sustaining ； combined hospice care

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