道德的问题肯定在这个问题中扮演强烈。上面有一个短语中使用你的介绍让我好奇的意图:“…他们探索的重要性同意的方法明确病人的价值观……”That fragment left me wondering as to who it was who is receiving the clarification? If the patient is distraught over the real and imminent threat of death, need he (or she) consent to an honest clarification of what is believed? Perhaps, in the term, be it long or short, it does not truly matter to the patient, and may, in fact matter more to loved ones affected by the reality of human mortality. Medical consent is a loaded phrase, seems to me, and, not only should it have limited application, perhaps it might be better having no application at all. Compare it to, say, abortion and all the social turmoil that patient-practitioner relationship has spawned. I believe we should all have the right to decide how we will die when there is clearly no choice in the matter. Nor does it seem relevant or particularly helpful to have one's values clarified. Many of us are compelled to live on other people's terms. To me, it is the height of insult not to be permitted to die on one's own.