Medical ethics response to chronic illness healthcare for aging people of Taiwan Online publication date: Fri, 05-Feb-2010
by Ya-huei Wang, Ching-Ju Lai
International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management (IJCCM), Vol. 2, No. 4, 2009
Abstract: With advanced medical technology, the aging population has risen rapidly worldwide. Thus, aging chronic illness and long-term illness have become an unavoidable issue in medical care management. Conventional medical care management has neglected chronic medical care due to lacking the know-how for handling the needs of aging chronic clients. Aging patients cannot obtain a close relationship with medical professionals. A collaborative medical relationship includes establishing a patient-centred medical process which considers patients' voices and needs. However, in traditional Chinese Confucian society, the patient-centred medical process involves not only the patient, but also the patient's family, which makes the entire medical decision-making process more complicated. This study investigates Chinese medical ethics to understand the complicated doctor-patient relationship among healthcare professionals, patients and patients' family members.
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