Life-sustaining treatment and palliative care in patients with liver cirrhosis - legal, ethical, and practical issues

Abstract

With the enactment of the ‘Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life’ (Act No. 14013) in Korea, there is growing concern about the practicality of this law. In this review, we discuss definitions, ethics, and practical issues related to this law.

Keywords

• Palliative care
• Hospice
• Do not resuscitate order
• End stage liver disease
• Liver cirrhosis