Dignity of individuals with dementia, palliative care, and futile treatment

IF 0.7 Q4 ETHICS

Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe) Pub Date : 2023-05-27 DOI:10.2478/ebce-2023-0009

Rudolf Novotný, Zuzana Novotná, Štefánia Andraščíková, Martin Kmec

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Abstract

Abstract Case studies are used to reflect on the treatment of patients with dementia hospitalized at the Geriatric Department of the Faculty hospital in Prešov, emphasizing human dignity in clinical practice. The discussion is focused on the palliative care of patients with severe dementia. The biomedical method, which respects human dignity is defined by means of inductive, deductive, and normative bioethical methods. They make it possible to provide guidelines for palliative care and individualized prognosis strategy. An analysis of health status of individuals with severe dementia enables us to offer a clinical definition of purposeful treatment based on normative justice and decision-making that reflects the patient’s best interest, thus respecting their dignity. An evaluation of a patient’s care is based on a biomedical method that considers the dementia stage. Applying a bioethical model in a holistic context preconditions the human rights of patients with dementia.

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痴呆症患者的尊严、姑息治疗和无效治疗

摘要:通过案例研究，对Prešov院系医院老年病科收治的痴呆患者的治疗进行反思，在临床实践中强调人的尊严。讨论的重点是严重痴呆患者的姑息治疗。尊重人类尊严的生物医学方法是通过归纳、演绎和规范的生物伦理方法来定义的。它们可以为姑息治疗和个性化预后策略提供指导。对严重痴呆症患者健康状况的分析使我们能够根据反映患者最佳利益的规范性正义和决策提供有目的治疗的临床定义，从而尊重他们的尊严。对病人护理的评估是基于考虑痴呆阶段的生物医学方法。在整体背景下应用生物伦理模型是痴呆症患者人权的先决条件。

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Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe) Arts and Humanities-Philosophy

CiteScore

1.00

自引率

28.60%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe) is one of the leading Central European international journals in ethics and bioethics focusing on philosophical ethics, bioethics and applied ethics also including the history of ethics, ethical and moral education as well as professional ethics. The journal publishes theoretical articles as well as empirical findings concerning all aspects of ethics and morality. Authors can submit research articles, review articles, book reviews, conference reports and information on recently published books. Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe) is published in print as well as electronic format, two issues per year (June and December). Only articles in English are accepted for publishing.