Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Ethics with the Implementation of Korea’s End-of-Life Act

Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Ethics with the Implementation of Korea’s End-of-Life Act

Abstract: This paper examines the possible impacts of the Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life in Korea (Korea’s end-of-life act), legislated in 2016, on the development of hospital ethics committees and clinical et...

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Autor principal: Junga-Kim,Claire
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2019
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Clinical ethics
Hospital ethics committee
Ethics consultation
Life-sustaining treatment
End-of-life care
Self-determination
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spelling oai:scielo:S1726-569X20190002001772019-12-06Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Ethics with the Implementation of Korea’s End-of-Life ActJunga-Kim,Claire Clinical ethics Hospital ethics committee Ethics consultation Life-sustaining treatment End-of-life care Self-determination Abstract: This paper examines the possible impacts of the Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life in Korea (Korea’s end-of-life act), legislated in 2016, on the development of hospital ethics committees and clinical ethics consultation services in South Korea. Clinical ethics in Korea has not made much progress in comparison to other subdisciplines of biomedical ethics. While the enactment of this law may give rise to beneficial clinical ethics services, it is possible that customary practices and traditional authorities in Korean society will come into conflict with the norms of clinical ethics. This paper examines how the three main agents of Korean society—family, government, and medical professionals—may clash with end-of-life stage norms in clinical ethics, thus posing obstacles to the development of hospital committees and consultation services. A brief outline of what lies ahead for the progress of clinical ethics practice is explored.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCentro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de ChileActa bioethica v.25 n.2 20192019-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2019000200177en10.4067/S1726-569X2019000200177
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topic Clinical ethics
Hospital ethics committee
Ethics consultation
Life-sustaining treatment
End-of-life care
Self-determination
spellingShingle Clinical ethics
Hospital ethics committee
Ethics consultation
Life-sustaining treatment
End-of-life care
Self-determination
Junga-Kim,Claire
Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Ethics with the Implementation of Korea’s End-of-Life Act
description Abstract: This paper examines the possible impacts of the Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life in Korea (Korea’s end-of-life act), legislated in 2016, on the development of hospital ethics committees and clinical ethics consultation services in South Korea. Clinical ethics in Korea has not made much progress in comparison to other subdisciplines of biomedical ethics. While the enactment of this law may give rise to beneficial clinical ethics services, it is possible that customary practices and traditional authorities in Korean society will come into conflict with the norms of clinical ethics. This paper examines how the three main agents of Korean society—family, government, and medical professionals—may clash with end-of-life stage norms in clinical ethics, thus posing obstacles to the development of hospital committees and consultation services. A brief outline of what lies ahead for the progress of clinical ethics practice is explored.
author Junga-Kim,Claire
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title Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Ethics with the Implementation of Korea’s End-of-Life Act
title_short Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Ethics with the Implementation of Korea’s End-of-Life Act
title_full Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Ethics with the Implementation of Korea’s End-of-Life Act
title_fullStr Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Ethics with the Implementation of Korea’s End-of-Life Act
title_full_unstemmed Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Ethics with the Implementation of Korea’s End-of-Life Act
title_sort challenges and opportunities in clinical ethics with the implementation of korea’s end-of-life act
publisher Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile
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