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.
- KMID: 2413113
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2017.0018
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.
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