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KMID : 0928020160200020049
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Nursing and Innovation
2016 Volume.20 No. 2 p.49 ~ p.54
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Application of Life?sustaining Medical Decision Law in Korea - Focused on 'Law on the medical decision netting of patients in hospice palliative care and end-of-life process' -
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Chung Bok-Yae
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Abstract
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The ‘law on life?sustaining medical decision netting of patients in hospice palliative care and end-of-life process' were promulgated on February, 2016. This Law will improve the quality of death significantly even it could not fix up the difficult problems related to human death in Korea. But in order to become a law, it will be considered to be settling successfully prepare for the next. The purpose of this paper is to identify the problems related to 'law on the medical decision netting of patients in hospice palliative care and end-of-life process' and to propose the strategies of the solution. First, national publicity will take place for people of means and philosophy of death, right of people associated with death, meaning of medical care for life prolongation, process of life?sustaining medical decision, meaning and writing of advance directives, and hospice and palliative care. Second, health professionals, patients and their families will decide on the future direction of the plenty of opinions about ‘corporal medical practices to be implemented and the present status and the future prognosis of the person'. Third, it should be clearly subject to apply the "law on life?sustaining medical decision netting of patients in hospice palliative care and end-of-life process“ Fourth, properly executed prior to the "Law on life?sustaining medical decision netting of patients in hospice palliative care and the end-of-life process" requires the preparation of health professionals. Fifth, there is a need of systematic maintenance and use of pre-written letter of intent.
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KEYWORD
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Law, End of Life Care, Medical Decision-Making
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