乘法照顧：促進生活品質的五個加乘性照顧原則

Times of health care: five principles that lead to improving the quality of life

隨著時代的演進與人類壽命的延長，健康照護的使命已不在只是要使人活著，更要有生活品質，但如何增進生活品質，則各家所強調的重點不一。本文提出「乘法照顧」的概念，以「TIMES」中的五個字母描繪出五個健康照護的原則，包括為病人設定新人生目標（Target）、為病人的餘生建造健康的人際關係（Interpersonal relationship）、善用音樂或音樂治療活動（Music）、注重病人過往的人生經驗（Experience）、兼顧安全（Safety）的原則這五個面向，並提出這五個面向並非各自獨立，而是有加乘性的乘法概念，做為未來健康照顧的參考論述。

 

The extension of human life spans resulting from advances in medicine and health means that the aim of health care is no longer just to keep people alive, but also to provide a good quality of life. Opinions vary on how to improve quality of life today. This article presents the concept of “TIMES of Health Care”, using the five letters in “TIMES” to describe the five principles of health care: helping patients to set targets (T) for their new lives; building healthy interpersonal relationships (I)among patients; making good use of music or music therapy activities (M); focusing on a patient’s past life experience (E), and ensuring the safety (S) of patients’ lives. These five principles are not independent, but instead have a multiplicative effect on each other. This article explores the concept of “TIMES” as principles for future health care.