발행년 : | 2017 |
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구분 : | 국내학술지 |
학술지명 : | 생명윤리정책연구 |
관련링크 : | http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A103032262 |
Michael Cheng tek Tai
생명윤리정책연구
Vol.10 No.2 [2017]
이화여자대학교 생명의료법연구소
학술저널
69-80(12쪽)
Korean
2017년
360
The aging population is a new reality in the world. Asian countries are facing the question of how to take care of their senile citizens who, when younger, have contributed much to society yet are now needing more medical attention and therefore are consuming a big portion of the health care budget. How to extend care to this growing number of citizens is a new social issue. This paper will first give a brief discussion of a new legislation adopted in Taiwan on December 18, 2015, named the Patient Self-determination Act, which allows patients suffering from incurable diseases or those in their last phase of life to say no to life sustaining treatments. Medicine, however, is supposed to save life, which raises a question: would this new legislation violate the principle of medical ethics? This paper will then discuss this act from the perspective of Asian bioethics. Humanization and harmonization are the two main emphases of Asian bioethics.