ABSTRACT
The “Act on Decision on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life” (hereafter referred to as Act) [Enforcement Date 04 Aug, 2017] [Act No. 14013, 03 Feb, 2018. New Enactment] is a special law, and it was partially revised [Enforcement Date 28 Mar, 2019] [Act No. 15542, 27 Mar, 2018. Amendment] (Korea Ministry of Government Legislation; KMGL, 2018). Article 1 (purpose) of the Act defines the purpose is
to prescribe matters necessary for life-sustaining treatment and determination to terminate, etc., life-sustaining treatment for patients in a hospice, receiving palliative care, and at the end of life, and the implementation thereof, and thereby to protect the dignity and value of human beings by assuring the best interests of the patients and by respecting their self-determination.
