As the average life expectancy of Chinese people has increased to 77 years (data for 2019), more and more people around us are getting older, and our notion of talking about "death" seems to be changing. Death has become a problem that everyone has to face-whether it is the patient himself or the relatives around him.
Talking about "birth, old age, sickness and death", there is always one thing that cannot be bypassed, that is, "can the patient decide whether to stay or not".
Hospice care and death with dignity are social issues that we cannot avoid.
1. It’s time to face the terminally ill patients’ “dying” problem
At the 2020 national meeting, Shen Deyong submitted proposals on hospice care and death with dignity, and accepted the Beijing News During the interview, he said: “Hospital care and death with dignity can no longer avoid .”
沈德咏 Source: New Beijing News
@新京报: How do you Understand the topic of "hospice care and death with dignity"?
@沈德咏: Hospice care and death with dignity are essentially humanitarian measures , which is a sign of social civilization and progress. It helps ease the suffering of terminally ill patients and improve the quality of life. Dignity, reduces the economic and moral pressure of patients’ families , and contributes to the rational allocation and utilization of the tense social public medical resources, and fully complies with the actual needs of China’s economic and social development and the highly aging population .
@新京报: How about the public's awareness and acceptance of "euthanasia"?
@沈德咏: From the statistical data, about 99.35% of the survey respondents said they knew "euthanasia", 47.41% of them were "well-know", and only less than 0.65% of the survey respondents said "don't know" . There are 82.82% of the respondents basically agree with euthanasia , and only 4.31% clearly oppose euthanasia. This shows that euthanasia (death with dignity) currently has a solid foundation of public opinion in our country.
@新京报: Some people think that rescuing terminally ill patients is a manifestation of filial piety. What do you think?
@沈德咏: This requires education and publicity. Due to the influence of traditional minion death culture , the popularization of death view education in our country is relatively weak, and the coverage rate is low. The public holds a negative and evasive attitude towards death. believes that rescuing terminally ill patients is a manifestation of filial piety. Ignoring the needs and wishes of patients for hospice care, is also one of the important factors that cause tension between doctors and patients.
Nowadays, it is clear that there is no hope, and I still have to live in pain. Many lives are not as good as death, but they cannot die without pain. This has become a problem for many dying patients. The "dying problem" is not just a matter of fact. There have been tragic cases.
2. The old lady asked for "euthanasia" and her relatives watched her take rat poison
Zhejiang, a 51-year-old old lady herself Suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus and other diseases, A lot of hormone therapy made her weight soaring and osteoporosis. After an accidental broken leg, she could only be long-term bed-ridden , and even could not take care of herself , relying on her family.
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In this case, both the elderly and family members are suffering. The old lady also gradually developed a world-weariness and repeatedly asked her family to buy rat poison. She . One day in August 2017, at the request of the old lady again, the family bought rat poison. The old lady took rat poison in front of her husband, daughter, and son-in-law, during which the family did not stop or rescue her.
After the old lady takes the medicine, Asked her family to take her out for a walk. After driving on the road for several hours, the old lady lost her breath. After
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, the three family members of the old lady were prosecuted on the charge of intentional homicide. The three defendants gave full care during the old lady’s illness, and even borrowed most of their income from relatives to give the old lady . Although the old lady’s death is forgiven, the crime is unforgivable. The behavior of the three persons violated the criminal law, and 也 is inconsistent with traditional Chinese ethics.
In the end, the three were sentenced to two to three years in prison, with a suspension of three to five years.
3. Hospice care services are still facing development difficulties
In traditional Chinese concepts, "death" has always been a taboo issue, but it is something that everyone will experience—no matter what Is it the death of a loved one or my own. At the end of life, whether there is a dignified curtain call has become a social issue.
Now, there are hospice wards in some hospitals. These wards are not for curing diseases, but for to provide help and comfort to patients, so that they can leave with dignity, which can be described as leaving death. The nearest place.
Source: Chinanews
According to data, there are 250 million elderly people over 60 years old in China. Among them, there are 40 million disabled and partially disabled elderly people . However, the number of elderly care institutions, rehabilitation institutions, and hospice institutions is very insufficient.
is a huge gap on the one hand, and on the other hand is the development difficulties and constraints of hospice care institutions. If it is a private institution, all the expenses are borne by the patients, and the price is too high. If it is a public hospital, the beds themselves are very tight. and domestic hospice care has just started, everyone crosses the river by feeling the stones. Compared with developed countries, my country still has a big gap in this regard.
Death is something that everyone has to face. Although the traditional concept avoids death, almost everyone hopes to die with dignity. Nowadays, the concept of this aspect is gradually changing, and future hospice care will also be provided. Will catch up.
References:
[1] Interview with Shen Deyong, former Executive Vice President of the Supreme Court: Hospice care and death with dignity are unavoidable, and it is recommended to legislate in due course. New Beijing News. 2020-5- 23
[2] The old lady in Zhejiang requested "euthanasia". Her husband, daughter, and son-in-law watched her take rat poison. The Paper. 2019-11-5
[3] Visiting the hospice ward: life is here "Curtain Call" with dignity. China News Service. 2019-8-15
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