title: Three basic modes for patients' clinical decision-making in China.
abstract: In China, there are three basic clinical decision-making modes for patients, namely patients' autonomous decision-making mode, family decision-making mode and patient and family codetermination. They were produced under the unique background of Chinese medicine, Confucian philosophy and law in China. In this paper, the concepts, advantages and disadvantages of these three decision-making modes were analyzed. In addition, some suggestions were put forward for the improvement. The first is that we suggest to establish standards for choosing decision-making modes; the second is to further learn and publicize relevant laws; thirdly, the legal system needs to be further refined; and the last one is to carry out ethical ward round.
authors.affiliation: Editorial Department of Chinese Medical Ethics, Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China, wenhai188@163.com.
authors.forename: En-Chang
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen-Ying
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Liang-Yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation