There is an ongoing global conversation about dying, particularly with regard to treatment abatement decisions, causation and responsibility for death, and relief of physical and existential suffering. There is rising international support for assisted dying. People now tend to die slowly in old age, as a result of multiple chronic illnesses, with more medical decision points and impaired cognitive capacity. This paper describes the dying process from the standpoint of palliative medicine and argues for an improved common recognition of the process of dying, in its contemporary spiritual and social contexts, by the public, medicine, ethics, public policy and the law.

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我们如何死亡：姑息治疗的观点

一场关于死亡的全球性对话一直在进行，尤其是在减少治疗的决定，死亡的因果关系和责任以及减轻人身和生存痛苦方面。国际上对辅助染色的支持越来越高。现在，由于多种慢性疾病，更多的医疗决定点和受损的认知能力，人们倾向于在晚年慢慢死去。本文从姑息医学的角度描述了死亡过程，并主张在公众，医学，伦理，公共政策和法律的当代精神和社会背景下，人们对死亡过程的认识得到更好的共识。