In:
Korean Journal of Medical Ethics, The Korean Society for Medical Ethics, Vol. 25, No. 4 ( 2022-12), p. 341-346
Abstract:
In a recent proposed amendment to Korea’s legislation governing decisions on life-sustaining treatment, physician-assisted suicide is characterized as a form of “death with dignity.” However, there is no legal right to suicide in South Korea and the idea that physician-assisted suicide is a permissible and dignified way of dying is based on a misunderstanding of the constitutional right of self-determination, which entails only a right to refuse unwanted medical care. This article explains these misunderstandings concerning the concept of death with dignity and a patient’s right to self-determination and critically reviews the proposed legislation concerning physician-assisted suicide.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2234-3598
,
2005-8284
Uniform Title:
존엄하게 죽을 권리와 의사조력자살
DOI:
10.35301/ksme.2022.25.4.341
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Korean Society for Medical Ethics
Publication Date:
2022
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