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Advances of Hospice Palliative Care in Taiwan

  • Cheng, Shao-Yi (Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Taiwan University) ;
  • Chen, Ching-Yu (Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan) ;
  • Chiu, Tai-Yuan (Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Taiwan University)
  • 투고 : 2016.09.01
  • 심사 : 2016.09.02
  • 발행 : 2016.12.01

초록

목적: 대만의 호스피스와 완화 의료는 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. Economist Intelligence Unit에서 평가한 2015년 죽음의 질 지수 등급에서 대만은 아시아 국가 중에서 1위, 세계에서 6위를 기록했다. 이 리뷰 기사에서 우리는 성공에 기여한 것으로 보이는 세 영역, 즉 법률 및 규정, 영적 치료, 연구 네트워크에 주목하였다. 마지막으로 대만 사람에게 적용을 위한 미래의 도전과 전망에 대해 논의하기로 한다. 방법: PubMed에서 "대만의 호스피스 완화의료" 검색어를 이용해 체계적인 검토를 수행하였다. 결과: 2000년에 "자연사법"의 통과로 아시아에서 환자의 자기결정권에 대한 획기적인 본보기가 만들어지고 확립되었다. 이는 의료진에게 연명치료중지(DNR, do not resuscitate)를 요청할 수 있고 삶의 마지막에 기타 무의미한 의료 행위를 거부할 수 있는 환자의 권리를 보장하며 더불어 정책적 관점에서 완화의료의 중요성을 반영하는 것이다. 2015년에 대만은 "환자의 자기결정권 특별법"이라는 선구적인 법률을 통과시켰다. 이 법은 환자가 그/그녀의 자기의지에 따라 의료 행위를 거부할 수 있다는 것을 규정한다. 대만 고유의 영적 치료는 2000년에 도입되었는데, 불교 수행을 죽음에 직면한 환자에 적용하기 이전의 임상실습뿐 아니라 강의들로 구성된 훈련 프로그램을 성공적으로 이수하기 위해서는 불교 사제가 필요하다. 일본-한국-대만 연구 네트워크는 죽음의 과정을 자세히 설명(EASED, Elucidate the Dying process)하기 위한 동아시아 공동의 비교 문화 집단 연구를 위해 설립되었다. 결론: 대만에서의 호스피스와 완화의료는 정부와 사회의 우선적 합의에 따라 꾸준하게 성장하고 있다.

Hospice and palliative care in Taiwan has been growing continuously. The 2015 Quality of Death index, as rated by the Economist Intelligence Unit, ranked Taiwan first among Asian countries and sixth in the world. In this review article, we highlight three particular areas that might have contributed to this success; the laws and regulations, spiritual care and research network. Finally, we discuss the future challenges and prospects for Taiwanese encounters. A systemic review was conducted with the keywords "hospice palliative care Taiwan" using PubMed. The passing of the "Natural Death Act" in 2000 set the example and established a landmark for patient autonomy in Asia; it guarantees the patient's right to request that medical staff do not resuscitate (DNR) them and to reject other futile medical treatments at the end of their life, thus reflecting the importance of palliative care from the policy perspective. In 2015, Taiwan passed another pioneering law entitled the "Patient Autonomy Act". This law states that a patient may decline medical treatment according to his/her own will. Taiwanese indigenous spiritual care was launched in 2000. It requires a Buddhist Chaplain to successfully complete a training program consisting of lectures, as well as bedside practicum before applying Buddhist practices to end-of-life care. The Japan-Korea-Taiwan research network was established for the purpose of enabling collaborative research for the East-Asian collaborative cross-cultural Study to Elucidate the Dying process (EASED) cohort. With consensus from the government and society to make it a priority, hospice and palliative medicine in Taiwan has been growing steadily.

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