ReviewJournal of hospice and palliative care2022
Problems Related to the Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment and Directions for Improvement.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Shifting Public Discourse on Life-Sustaining Treatment in South Korea From 2014 to 2025: Longitudinal Social Media Analysis.JMIR infodemiology · 2026Article
- End-of-Life Antibiotic Use After the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Act in Korea.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- The ethical and clinical conflict of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the emergency department: futile interventions.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- When advance directives clash with family consent: designing an operational framework for end-of-life decision-making in China and Korea.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Experiences of End-of-Life Care Among Medical Staff in Acute Care Hospitals: A Qualitative Study.Journal of hospice and palliative care · 2026Article
- Awareness, attitudes, and educational needs regarding the life-sustaining treatment decision-making act in Korea among healthcare providers and medical students: a comparative analysis.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- End-of-life care among Koreans in critical care and community-dwelling Korean Americans: A cross-cultural scoping review.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Confusion in Terminology Related to End-of-Life Decisions: Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment: A Survey of Korean Public.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Article
- Changes in Pediatric End-of-Life Process After the Enforcement of the Act on Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions-The Experience of a Single Children's Hospital.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Mechanical Ventilation for a Patient With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Locked-In Syndrome.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Article
- Issues and implications of the life-sustaining treatment decision act: comparing the data from the survey and clinical data of inpatients at the end-of-life process.BMC medical ethics · 2024Observational
- For the Universal Right to Access Quality End-of-Life Care in Korea: Broadening Our Perspective After the 2018 Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Act.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Article
- Ensuring Patients' Well-Deserved Right to Refuse Treatment, Not Jumping to an "Assisted Death With Dignity".Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Article
- Recent Trends in the Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment in Patients with Acute Cerebrovascular Disease : 2017-2021.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2024Article
- Comparison of the end-of-life decisions of patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia after the enforcement of the life-sustaining treatment decision act in Korea.BMC medical ethics · 2023Article
- Decision and Practice of End-of-Life Care in Lung Disease Patients with Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment.Journal of hospice and palliative care · 2023Article
- Beliefs and Attitudes toward Physician-assisted Suicide among Korean Adults.Journal of hospice and palliative care · 2022Article
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Abstract
The Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment has been in effect since 2018 for end-of-life patients. However, only 20~25% of deaths of terminally ill patients comply with the law, while the remaining 75~80% do not. There is significant confusion in how the law distinguishes between those in the terminal stage and those in the dying process. These 2 stages can be hard to distinguish, and they should be understood as a single unified "terminal stage." The number of medical institutions eligible for life-sustaining treatment decisions should be legally expanded to properly reflect patients' wishes. To prevent unnecessary suffering resulting from futile life-sustaining treatment, life-sustaining treatment decisions for terminal patients without the needed familial relationships should be permitted and made by hospital ethics committees. Adult patients should be permitted to assign a legal representative appointed in advance to represent them. Medical records can be substituted for a patient's judgment letter (No. 9) and an implementation letter (No. 13) for the decision to suspend life-sustaining treatment. Forms 1, 10, 11, and 12 should be combined into a single form. The purpose of the Life-sustaining Medical Decisions Act is to respect patients' right to self-determination and protect their best interests. Issues related to the act that have emerged in the 3 years since its implementation must be analyzed, and a plan should be devised to improve upon its shortcomings.
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