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KMID : 1025620220250040361
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Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
2022 Volume.25 No. 4 p.361 ~ p.366
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Medical Care that Embodies Human Dignity at the End of Life
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Ahn Kyong-Jin
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Abstract
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Public debates and discussions concerning physician-assisted suicide have recently arisen in South Korea in response to proposals made in the National Assembly for new legislation governing this and other aspects of end-of-life medical care. Two contrasting positions can be discerned in these debates: one position views physician-assisted suicide as respecting patients’ autonomy and guaran-teeing their right to a “death with dignity”; the other argues that physician-assisted suicide might be transformed into a “duty to die,” especially since dying care has not yet been well established in Korea. On this latter view, the expansion of hospice for end-of-life care should precede the intro-duction of physician-assisted suicide. The present article examines these two views in detail and explores the state of end-of-life medical care in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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physician-assisted suicide, right to die, human dignity, human autonomy, end-of-life care
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