title: [Bioethics of cancer chemotherapy].
abstract: In 2007, Japan has launched a comprehensive national scheme for the management of cancer. Since cancer is often fatal, social aspects surrounding cancer therapy should be thought-out. Particularly, recent events remind us that the Japanese people still have a traditional view on death, i.e., the stop of the heart-beating and respiration is not a death of the person. Such a view enforces doctors to do all means to prolong a dying process, which inevitably induces and heightens an illusion towards medicine. Particularly, patients with incurable cancer are vulnerable to a medical illusion. To overcome such a medical illusion, both evidence-based medicine (EBM) and narrative-based medicine (NBM) are necessary especially in cancer chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medical Humanities, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Noritoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanida
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents