Taiwan is the first Asian country to legalize the Natural Death Act. It is specifically stipulated
to respect the will of terminally ill patients during medical treatment and honor their rights. It …

Taiwan has been promoting the concept of palliative care since 1983. In the 2021 global
quality of death index, Taiwan ranked third. Regarding the development of patient …

Optimum care for patients with a terminal illness is dependent on understanding their
values, beliefs, and preferences on end-of-life issues and providing service that meets their …

Objectives Chinese people are generally unfamiliar with the concept of advance care
planning or advance directives (ACP/ADs), which raises dilemmas in life-support choice and …

In January 2019, Taiwan's Patient Right to Autonomy Act (PRAA) officially entered into force.
The PRAA explicitly stipulates that patients have the right to autonomy including but not …

Over the last decades, there have been significant efforts to institutionalize advance
directives, not only by legal means, but also by educational and public policy …

Abstract In 2007, Thailand enacted the National Health Act, which contains the Advance
Directive (Section 12). Even though the Act was enacted nearly sixteen years ago …

VOL. 15 NO. 3 MARCH 2010 when the patient is in any one of the three conditions, namely,
terminally ill, a state of irreversible coma or a persistent vegetative state. While patients in …

Background Although advance directives (AD) have been implemented for years in western
countries, the concept of AD is not promoted extensively in eastern countries. In this study …

Abstract Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a process supporting an individual at any state of
health in discussing his/her life goals, care preferences and preferred place of death with …