Clin Mol Hepatol.  2017 Jun;23(2):115-122. 10.3350/cmh.2017.0018.

Life-sustaining treatment and palliative care in patients with liver cirrhosis - legal, ethical, and practical issues

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea. djkim@hallym.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

With the enactment of the "˜Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life' (Act No. 14013) in Korea, there is growing concern about the practicality of this law. In this review, we discuss definitions, ethics, and practical issues related to this law.

Keyword

Palliative care; Hospice; Do not resuscitate order; End stage liver disease; Liver cirrhosis

MeSH Terms

Hospice Care/ethics/legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis/diagnosis/pathology/*therapy
Medical Futility
Palliative Care/*ethics/legislation & jurisprudence
Resuscitation Orders/ethics/legislation & jurisprudence
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