摘译:一个居住在护理院的80岁老人被诊断为结肠肿瘤,医生要对其进行肿瘤切除。医生是否会事先告知他:“术后3个月30%的患者会死亡,40%会产生严重的生理功能障碍;术后1年50%会死亡,50%的存活者会产生持续的生理功能障碍。”美国有三分之一的老年患者在生命的最后1年内实施类似这样的手术,而且其中很大一部分患者术后仅活了1个月。虽然有四分之三的患者明确表明如果疾病导致严重的意识和生理功能障碍,他们会放弃维持生命的治疗。但是最终又有多少患者和医生放弃这种创伤 Excerpt: An 80-year-old living in a nursing home is diagnosed with colon cancer and the doctor is going to have it removed. Whether the doctor will inform him in advance: “30% of patients will die after 3 months, 40% will have serious physiological dysfunction; 50% after 1 year will die, 50% of survivors will have a sustained physiological Dysfunction. ”" One-third of elderly patients in the United States conduct such procedures during the last year of life, and a significant proportion of them live only one month after surgery. Although three quarters of patients make it clear they will give up life-sustaining treatment if the disease causes serious awareness and physical dysfunction. But eventually how many patients and doctors to give up this trauma