Health Commun.  2023 Jun;18(1):1-5. 10.15715/kjhcom.2023.18.1.1.

Well-Dying: Assisted Justice Act as a Dignified and Happy ‘Right to Self-Determination’

• Cho EH

• KMID: 2552964
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15715/kjhcom.2023.18.1.1

Abstract

Following the implementation of the Act on Well-Dying in 2018 as an advance life-sustaining treatment law, the Assisted Justice Act was proposed on June 16, 2022. By further illuminating the meaning of well-dying in the context of hospital and hospice etymology, we understand that the life-sustaining treatment decision law and the legal system of assisted death with dignity are in-line with the principles of the right to self-determination and the right to happiness and dignity at the end of life. By understanding the individual’s right to make decisions, this aims to awaken awareness as to the realization of the values of human dignity so as to create a more desirable end-of-life culture.

Keyword

Well-dying; Advance Life-sustaining treatment law; Assisted justice law; Right to self-determination