KMID : 1025620220250040347
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Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 2022 Volume.25 No. 4 p.347 ~ p.351
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Now is Not the Time for Physician-assisted Suicide
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Kim Moon-Jeong
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Abstract
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With the recent proposal in the Korean National Assembly of the so-called ¡°Aided Dignity Death Act,¡± which allows certain patients to end their lives with the help of medical professionals, public debates are underway in South Korea concerning appropriate end-of-life medical care and what it means to die with dignity. This article argues that preemptive concerns about the death of as-sistance dignity should be prioritized. As a result of this, continuous discussion and interest in assisted suicide, that is, assisted suicide, are naturally necessary.
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KEYWORD
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assisted dignity, assisted suicide, life-sustaining treatment, self-determination, well-dyingy
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