@article{ART002364909},
author={KIM Bobae and Myunghee Kim},
title={Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat},
journal={Korean Journal of Medical Ethics },
issn={2005-8284},
year={2018},
volume={21},
number={2},
pages={114-128},
doi={10.35301/ksme.2018.21.2.114}
TY - JOUR
AU - KIM Bobae
AU - Myunghee Kim
TI - Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat
JO - Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
PY - 2018
VL - 21
IS - 2
PB - The Korean Society For Medical Ethics
SP - 114
EP - 128
SN - 2005-8284
AB - The National Bioethics Committee of Korea recommended that hospital ethics committees should be allowed to make life-sustaining treatment decisions on behalf of patients without surrogate (family or friends). However, no such provision is included in the Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-sustaining Treatment for patients at the End of Life (hereafter the “Act on Decisions in Life-sustaining Treatment”). While the Health and Welfare Committee of the Korean National Assembly did attempt to include such a provision in the form of an amendment to the aforementioned act, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee rejected it on the grounds that it did not specify the precise legal requirements of the hospital ethics committees. In other countries, including Taiwan, Japan, the U.S., and the U.K., there are laws or guidelines governing the medical decision-making process for patients without surrogate. In this article, we review the background of this issue, the current practices in other countries, and the relevant legislative process. We suggest that a system should be established in Korea for making life-sustaining treatment-decisions for patients without surrogate.
KW - The Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-sustaining Treatment for patients at the End of Life;terminally ill patients;life-sustaining treatment;patients without surrogate;hospital ethics committee
DO - 10.35301/ksme.2018.21.2.114
ER -
KIM Bobae and Myunghee Kim. (2018). Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , 21(2), 114-128.
KIM Bobae and Myunghee Kim. 2018, "Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat", Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , vol.21, no.2 pp.114-128. Available from: doi:10.35301/ksme.2018.21.2.114
KIM Bobae, Myunghee Kim "Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 21.2 pp.114-128 (2018) : 114.
KIM Bobae, Myunghee Kim. Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat. 2018; 21(2), 114-128. Available from: doi:10.35301/ksme.2018.21.2.114
KIM Bobae and Myunghee Kim. "Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 21, no.2 (2018) : 114-128.doi: 10.35301/ksme.2018.21.2.114
KIM Bobae; Myunghee Kim. Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics , 21(2), 114-128. doi: 10.35301/ksme.2018.21.2.114
KIM Bobae; Myunghee Kim. Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat. Korean Journal of Medical Ethics . 2018; 21(2) 114-128. doi: 10.35301/ksme.2018.21.2.114
KIM Bobae, Myunghee Kim. Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat. 2018; 21(2), 114-128. Available from: doi:10.35301/ksme.2018.21.2.114
KIM Bobae and Myunghee Kim. "Developing Policy for Life Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patient without Surrogat" Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 21, no.2 (2018) : 114-128.doi: 10.35301/ksme.2018.21.2.114
