Embryonic life and human life.

A new human life comes into being not when there is mere cellular life in a human embryo, but when the newly developing body organs and systems begin to function as a whole, the author argues. This is symmetrical with the dealth of an existing human life, which occurs when its organs and systems have permanently ceased to function as a whole. Thus a new human life cannot begin until the development of a functioning brain which has begun to co-ordinate and organise the activities of the body as a whole.     

敬畏生命还是关爱生命、护卫生命——史怀泽敬畏生命理论在医学伦理学中应用辨析

史怀泽敬畏生命的理论对于协调人与其他生物的关系具有重要的意义。但由于这一理论本身的不足和局限,其并不能作为医学伦理学的生命观。但可借鉴、吸取其尊重生命的成份,丰富和完善医学伦理学关爱生命、护卫生命的生命观。     

U生活

让狗狗也爱上你的宝宝 我的宝宝即将出生,我看过很多报道说是狗狗可能会伤害婴儿,但是我实在不想把它送走。它陪了我5年了。     

“丁宠”的苦乐生活

名词解释:近些年,丁克家庭逐渐增多,很多夫妻在放弃生育下一代的同时,却又想享受为人父母的温馨与乐趣。于是丁宠家庭出现了:丁克选择宠物来替代孩子作为夫妻之间联系感情的纽带。他们的辛酸苦辣逐渐走入了人们的视线。     

Withdrawal of life support: intensive caring at the end of life

The technology and expertise of critical care practice support patients through life-threatening illnesses. Most recover; some die quickly; others, however, linger--neither improving nor acutely dying, alive but with a dwindling capacity to recover from their injury or illness. Management of these patients is often dominated by the question: Is it appropriate to continue life-sustaining therapy? Patients rarely participate in these pivotal discussions because they are either too sick or too heavily sedated. As a result, the decision often falls to the family or the surrogate decision maker, in consultation with the medical team. Decisions of such import are emotionally stressful and are often a source of disagreement. Failure to resolve such disagreements may create conflict that compromises patient care, engenders guilt among family members, and creates dissatisfaction for health care professionals. However, the potential for strained communications is mitigated if clinicians provide timely clinical and prognostic information and support the patient and family with aggressive symptom control, a comfortable setting, and continuous psychosocial support. Effective communication includes sharing the burden of decision making with family members. This shift from individual responsibility to patient-focused consensus often permits the family to understand, perhaps reluctantly and with great sadness, that intensive caring may involve letting go of life-sustaining interventions.     

The book of life

It has recently been suggested that the practice of bioethics in the area of biology and genetics has been hampered by the lack of an accurate and appropriate metaphor. Beginning with previous metaphors that have compared the genome with a static blueprint or "book of life", I develop a dynamic metaphor that is compatible with our present understanding of the role of genetics in biology. The resulting metaphor is not only an accurate representation of current biology but of particular use to bioethicists and non-biologists in general.     

生命之末

目前，面对终末期患者，美国医生无论做多做少，似乎都面临法律的风险。一方面，对于已诊断为疾病晚期的患者，医生需要与患者讨论，当治疗无效时是否要终止治疗。在这种情况下，患者会被转诊至姑息治疗中心，从而接受有关镇痛治疗及其他致力于提高患者生活质量的治疗方式。     

生活技能训练对70例慢性精神分裂症患者生活质量的影响

目的:探讨生活技能训练对住院慢性精神分裂症患者的生活质量的影响。方法:70例慢性精神分裂症患者,随机分为研究组和对照组,均给予常规的药物治疗,研究组同时进行生活技能训练6个月,在训练前和训练后分别用日常生活能力量表(ADL)和护士用患者住院观察量表(NOISE)对患者进行评定。结果:生活技能训练6个月后,研究组与自身治疗前及对照组相比较,ADL、NOSIE评分有显著差异(P<0.01)。结论:生活技能训练能显著改善慢性精神分裂症患者的日常生活能力,提高生活质量,促进患者早日回归社会。     

大学生生命意义感与生活满意度的关系

目的 探讨大学生生命意义感与生活满意度之间的关系.方法 采用生活目的测试量表和生活满意度量表对473名大学生进行调查分析.结果 (1)高生命意义感的大学生在生活满意度[(4.53±1.04)分]、积极情感[(2.89±0.88)分]得分显著高于低生命意义感的大学生[(3.38±0.98)分,(2.04±1.07)分](F=27.806,P＜0.01; F=13.635,P＜0.01),而在消极情感[(1.09±1.12)分]得分显著低于低生命意义感的大学生[(2.45±1.41)分,F=21.513,P＜0.01);(2)逃避与生活满意度呈负相关(r=-0.336,P＜0.01),积极情感与生命的热诚和生活目标呈显著正相关(r=0.143 ～0.146,P＜0.05),生命意义感与消极情感呈显著负相关(r=-0.121 ～ -0.335,P＜0.05);(3)逃避对生活满意度和积极情感有显著地负向预测作用(β=-0.133 ～ -0.179,P＜0.05),生活目标和生命的热诚对生活满意度、积极情感有显著地正向预测作用(β=0.170 ～0.206,P＜0.05).结论 大学生生命意义感与生活满意度有密切的关系,高生命意义感有助于提升个体的生活满意度.