KMID : 1025620230260030169
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Korean Journal of Medical Ethics 2023 Volume.26 No. 3 p.169 ~ p.183
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A Scoping Review of Life-Sustaining Treatment System in Korea (2018?2022)
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Ahn Yong
Park Jin-Ryung Seo Min-Jeong
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Abstract
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This scoping review examines the ¡°System for Decisions to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment¡± in Korea from 2018 to 2022 and is based on an analysis of 285 research studies, published in either domestic or international journals. Of the articles examined, 164 (57.5%) focused on issues related to health science, while 121 (42.5%) addressed ethical and legal aspects of the system. Articles in the former category of health science focused on advance care plans, contemplation on death, decision-making, end-of-life care, biomedical ethics, and psychosocial factors. Articles in the latter category of the ethical and legal aspects of the system focused on legal challenges, the right to self-determination, death with dignity, surrogate decision-making, contemplation of death, biomedical ethics, and legal frameworks. To ensure the system¡¯s stable integration into society during this transitional period, it is crucial to continuously assess its operation in clinical settings. Efforts to establish a societal consensus on dignified end-of-life experiences and to conduct future multidisciplinary research should persist.
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KEYWORD
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patient self-determination act, advance care planning, terminal care, personal autonomy, euthanasia, review
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