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South Korea Considers Expanding End-of-Life Care Law to Embrace “Well-Dying” Principles

SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is weighing major reforms to its end-of-life care system, with calls mounting to expand the legal window for halting life-sustaining treatment and to formally institutionalize advance funeral directives at the national level. At a policy roundtable hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare on Thursday, medical [...]

Refusal of Life Extension for Dying Patients Available Next Month

SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Ailing patients for whom treatment is a means of life prolongation rather than a full recovery may starting February 4 exercise their right to a “natural death” by refusing further medical care. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said January 24 that such patients committed to hospices or receiving [...]