徳島県における終末期医療施策

Terminal care has been relatively recently recognized as a concrete political theme the administration should grapple with. The results of “the medical opinion poll among inhabitants of Tokushima Prefecture” held in fiscal ２００４ by the prefecture has already shown that terminal care was ranked high in medical care they expect future enrichment. Thus, terminal care has been one of the most interesting regions for them.
On the other hand, measures reflected a personal view of life and death is requested and the ideal method of terminal care is still changing according to their medical environment and medical opinions.
In this review, I’d like to refer to the prospects for the future problems as well as to introduce our present policy for terminal care in Tokushima Prefecture from a standpoint of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare or the Prefecture.

四国医学雑誌 : http://www.tokushima-u.ac.jp/med/research/shikoku_acta_medica.html