Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment For Terminal Patients In Korea

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AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on Care at the End of Life

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According to the Life-sustaining Treatment Determination Act of the National Legislative Information Center in the Ministry of Government Legislation, “life-sustaining treatment” includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemodialysis, anti-cancer drug administration, ventilator wearing and other medical procedures for dying patients prescribed by Presidential Purpose Life-sustaining treatment (LST) decisions for patients and caregivers at the end-of-life (EOL) process are supported by the “Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on LST for Patients at the EOL,” enforced in February 2018. It remains unclear whether the act changes EOL decisions and LST implementation in Background The decision to discontinue intensive care unit (ICU) treatment during the end-of-life stage has recently become a significant concern in Korea, with an observed increase in life-sustaining treatment (LST) withdrawal. There is a growing demand for evidence-based support for patients, families, and clinicians in making LST decisions.

The Life-Sustaining Treatment Act consists of two distinguishable parts: withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment provided at the end-of-life process, and the hospice and palliative care provided to patients in the terminal stage.

A law has been proposed to advance the decision to stop life-sustaining treatment and its implementation from patients’ dying days to the terminal stage. Rep. Nam In-soon of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee, said Thursday that she has proposed an amendment to the Act on End-of-Life Decisions for The Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life came into effect on February 4th, 2018, in South Korea. Based on the Act, all Koreans over the age of 19 years can decide whether to

In Korea, which has a family-oriented culture, most treatment decisions for EOL are made by family members, who are usually reluctant to discuss the patient’s death [12]. Most DNR documents used to clarify the EOL treatment plan are completed by family members, not by the patient, usually within 1 month before death [13, 14]. As medical support has become more Introduction With the advancement of medical treatment and technology, life-sustaining treatment (LST) such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, hemodialysis, and anticancer drugs have also developed. However, these LSTs are often applied to patients with chronic diseases who have no possibility of a fundamental recovery, resulting in situations that

Opinion 2.20 – Withholding or Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment The social commitment of the physician is to sustain life and relieve suffering. Where the performance of one duty conflicts with the other, the preferences of the patient should prevail. The principle of patient autonomy requires that physicians respect the decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment of a

Abstract Purpose In Korea, the “Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life” was enacted on February 4, 2018. This study was conducted to analyze the current state of life-sustaining treatment decisions based on National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) data after the law came into force. Materials and

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Abstract With the implementation of Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life, interests of the general public on self-determination right and dignified death of patients have increased markedly in Korea. However, “self-determination” on medical care is misunderstood as decision not to sustain life, and

The “Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End-of-Life” was enacted on February 3, 2016 and went into effect on February 4, 2018 in Korea. This study reviewed the first year of Login DSpace Home → Korea Citation Index → KCI Journal Article → View Item Show simple item record Abstract Purpose This cross-sectional study investigated the status of life-sustaining treatment (LST) practices and identified characteristics and factors influencing decision-making practices. Materials and Methods The National Agency for Management of Life-sustaining Treatment retains records provided by doctors regarding patients subject to LST implementation. A total of

More than 8 out of 10 South Koreans say the country should legalize physician-aided death of terminal patients, with over 90 percent saying that they are willing to discontinue life-sustaining This study reviewed the first year of determination to life-sustaining treatment (LST) through data analysis of the National Agency for Management of Life-Sustaining Treatment. Materials and methods: The National Agency for Management of LST provided data between February 4, 2018 and January 31, 2019 anonymously from 33,549 patients. Life-sustaining medical treatment like mechanical ventilation has contributed much for acute illnesses. However, it might be harmful for the terminal patients with chronic illnesses like

Won YW, Kim HJ, Kwon JH, Lee HY, Baek SK, Kim YJ, et al. Life-sustaining treatment states in Korean cancer patients after enforcement of act on decisions on life-sustaining treatment for patients at the end of life. Study results showed that respondents were aware of terminal illness and physician’s order of life-sustaining treatment in Korea well enough except for some details. Physicians reported uncertainty in terminal state diagnosis and disease trajectory as

The Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life came into force in February 2018 in Korea. This study reviews the practices of end-of-life care for patients who withdrew or withheld Health professionals had difficulty choosing the right time to discuss life-sustaining treatments (LSTs) since the Korean Act was passed in 2018.This study aimed to understand how patients decide to undergo LSTs in clinical practice and to compare the 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

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In a 2023 survey, 46.9% of the public and 77.2% of physicians disagreed that Korean people can die with dignity, citing the administration of life-sustaining treatment (LST) against patients’ wishes as the main reason in one-third of both groups, 1 which is consistent with the results of the previous studies in Korea. 2, 3 Almost six years have elapsed since the enactment of “the Act These are described as life-sustaining treatments in the Act of Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life (LST Decision Act) in South Korea [13].

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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 On 8 January 2016, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea passed the Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life (ELDA). The Act’s lengthy name arguably reflects the lengthy discussions in Korea about what constitutes acceptable end-of-life care. Although ELDA regulates end-of-life care in general, Purpose: Life-sustaining treatment (LST) decisions for patients and caregivers at the end-of-life (EOL) process are supported by the „Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on LST for Patients at the EOL,“ enforced in February 2018. It remains unclear whether the act changes EOL decisions and LST implementation in clinical practice.

Furthermore, because South Korea has yet to implement a home hospice system, terminal cancer patients are referred to government-certified hospice institutions. Six forms relating to decisions on life-sustaining treatment (LST) for patients at the end-of-life (EOL) in hospital are required by the “Act on Decision of LST for Patients at the EOL.” We investigated the preparation and creation status In Korea, the “Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life” was enacted on February 4, 2018. This study was conducted to analyze the current state of life-sustaining treatment

The “Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End-of-Life” was enacted on February 3, 2016 and went into effect on February 4, 2018 in Korea. This study reviewed the first year of orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST), natural death laws, and hospice laws; notable legal measures include the Austrian Patient Pre-Decision Act, Singapore’s Medical Ad-vance Decision Act, and the French Patient Rights and End-of-Life Act [1]. In Korea, discussions about how to decide on life-sustaining treatment have continued since the Boramae incident in 1997, and The Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life (ELDA) was passed by the Korean National Assembly in 2016 and came into effect in 2018. Although the stated purpose of the act is to uphold patient autonomy and dignity in the context of end-of-life (EOL) care, its utilization remains low, with only some 40% of EOL

Background The demand for organ transplants, both globally and in South Korea, substantially exceeds the supply, a situation that might have been aggravated by the enactment of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decision Act (LSTDA) in February 2018. This legislation may influence emergency medical procedures and the availability of organs from brain-dead To increase the options for hospice and life-sustaining treatment users, the government pushes to expand the target diseases and the timing to suspend end-of-life care that has been limited to patients’ dying days. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday that it has finalized the „Second Comprehensive Plan for Hospice and Life-Sustaining Treatment” Regulations on forgoing life-sustaining treatment (LST) have developed in Asian countries including Japan, Korea and Taiwan. However, other countries are relatively unaware of these due to the language barrier. This article aims to describe and