預立醫療決定 為自己的生命做主 Thoughts From a Palliative Care Physician | 朱為民 Wei-Min Chu | TEDxTaipei

朱為民醫生來自安寧緩和病房，每天都會接觸到臨終前的病人，因此真正暸解當人在面臨緊急情況時，很難做出真正適合病人的醫療遺囑，因此他呼籲，只要幾個簡單的步驟，先行寫下「預立醫療決定」，並交由醫院登記，便能在意外發生時，有效減輕病患和照護家屬的負擔。

Wei-Min Chu is a palliative care specialist who has first-hand contact with dying patients everyday. Very often he sees families of patients struggling to make the right decisions for the terminally ill. Chu calls for healthy individuals to prepare a "pre-emptive medical decision" so that the burden of sickness and caring for the family can be reduced in the event of an accident.

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朱為民在安寧病房服務7年多時間，陪伴過近6百位臨終病人及家屬走過生命的最後旅程。

因站在死亡現場第一線的職場經驗，以及家人生死交關時全家面臨的掙扎，堅信「在健康的時候，提早決定未來面對死亡的關鍵醫療方式」是每個人必考生命學作業，並致力把「預立醫療決定」的觀念散播出去，相信這樣的觀念可以減少無效醫療，改善醫病關係，讓每個人都可以依照自己想要的方式，面對人生最後一哩旅程。

Wei-Min Chu is a physician specializing in palliative care. He has served in the palliative care unit for more than 7 years and has accompanied hundreds of dying patients through their last journey of life.

Because of his first-hand experience in serving the dying and the decisions his family had to make when his father was severely ill, Chu started to think about the predicament of those dying and their family members. He believes that everyone should be able to “determine his or her own choice of medical care when he or she is still healthy”. He is advocating the idea of “Advanced Decision”, since it can reduce unnecessary medical care, improve doctor-patient relationships, and make patients complete their last journey in their own way.

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