Patient’s Self-Decision and Death in Court Decisions and the Law of Decision of Life-Sustaining Medical Care

The South Korean Supreme Court decision (2009Da17471), May 21, 2009, on removing life-sustaining medical care from persistent vegetative patients gave consent to death with dignity and initiated a lively debate in Korea. legal grounds for this were based dignity, worth, the right pursue happiness regulated Article 10 of Constitution, Death Dignity Act was legislated as law through agreement February 3, 2016, has since been revised four times. However, there are some issues discuss Act. First, definition process dying is unclear because determining point different status attachment or detachment an artificial ventilator. Second, purpose protection happiness. As nutrition, fluid, oxygen must be continuously supplied, even if ventilator removed, it reasonable suggest that supplying these achieves Constitution? Third, withdrawal possible permitted without patient’s approval, what value advance directives? Fourth, whether could extended euthanasia. Conclusively, may necessary partially revise further agreement.