국가별 사전의료의향서 서식 분석 및 사전의료의향서 표준 서식 제안

Abstract

May of 2009, Korean Supreme Court ruled that foregoing life sustaining treatment of patients in the ‘irreversible’ stage of death should be permitted. June of 2010, the Ministry of Health and Welfare reported the decision of “the Council for Institutionalizing Foregoing Life Sustaining Treatment”, which presented “advance directives” as primary source for identifying patient’s will about life sustaining treatment. But there is no legislation or official form about decisions of terminal condition available in Korea. In this article, advance directives forms of 4 nations(Chinese Taipei, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States) were analysed and model advance directive form was proposed for future use. The model form is to stand as a reference for medical decision making for adults who becomes incompetent for terminal medical conditions. This form separates required items from optional items and requires designation of primary and secondary medical decision making proxy. The place of keeping document can be given, and patient and witness information are provided