Author/Authors :
Uzuncu, Halil Berkay Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi, Turkey , Buyruk, Hüsniye Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi, Turkey , Alnak, Ezgi Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi, Turkey , Yıldırım, Gülay Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Tıp Tarihi ve Etik Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
Physicians face many ethical problems on the distribution of health resources due to team and equipment problems frequently seen in intensive care units. On the other hand, it is considered that treatment and care can be provided for terminal patients with the multidisciplinary team approach, and that creating environments where patients stay together with the relatives while receiving this care would be useful both for patients and for their relatives. In this context, it is stressed that establishing hospices in Turkey where terminal cancer patients who have completed the intensive care process and for whom nothing else can be done continue to receive their treatment and the patients’ and their relatives’ needs are met in a manner worthy of human dignity.
