这项调查还发现，至少有23.2%的美国医生会为了安抚家属延续病人的生命支持，尽管这可能是毫无价值的。
The poll also found out that at least 23.2 percent American doctors would prolong life-support, even if "futile", to appease the patient's family.
其中有法律上的缘由：疗养院中含麻醉品止痛药的使用有严格的规定，院方也害怕因未能延续病人生命而惹官司上身。
Some reasons for this are legal: nursing homes are tightly regulated in their use of opium-based pain-killers, and also fear lawsuits if they fail to do everything possible to prolong life.
这个理解也应延续到病人的管理机制中。
Such understanding carries over into the mechanics of patient management, too.
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