SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that only 8 percent of South Korean adults would choose to continue life-sustaining treatment if diagnosed with terminal, untreatable cancer, with the vast majority preferring to end life-prolonging care or seek euthanasia or physician-assisted death. According to the Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are choosing not to get life-sustaining treatment at the terminal phase of their lives. The National Agency for Management of Life-Sustaining Treatment said that more than 1.4 million South Koreans have registered advance medical directives as of late last month, up 26 percent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1 million people have vowed not to receive life-sustaining treatment when they reach a terminal state of health, data showed Sunday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea National Institute for Bioethics Policy reported that as of October of this year, a total of 1,075,944 Koreans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of individuals in South Korea registering their decision to end life-sustaining treatment has reached the 1 million milestone. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said that in the three years and six months since patients were first allowed to decide upon life-sustaining treatment, the number of submissions [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health ministry said Sunday it will ease regulations on ending life-sustaining treatment for terminally ill patients, helping them better prepare for death with dignity. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it will allow patients to end their life-sustaining treatment when approved by the spouse, parents and [...]