Research on the Cognition of Patients’ Family Members Behind the Present Situation of Palliative Treatment

Abstract

Palliative treatment has a series of advantages, at present, the integration of palliative treatment and early treatment of cancer has become the development trend of comprehensive treatment of cancer. However, the development of palliative treatment in China has been hindered and ignored. Taking the Yuanling County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hunan Province as an example, through the field investigation and the questionnaire investigation, it is found that the majority of patients’ families have a low degree of understanding and acceptance of palliative treatment in this article. This is mainly due to the relatively short history of palliative treatment in China and the influence of Chinese traditional culture. This research comes to the conclusion as following: the family members of the patients have misunderstandings about palliative treatment, lack of necessary communication with the hospital, and neglect the needs of optimizing the quality of life of the patients themselves.