RT Article
T1 A KOREAN PERSPECTIVE ON DEVELOPING A GLOBAL POLICY FOR ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
JF Bioethics
VO 24
IS 3
SP 113
OP 117
A1 Kim, Soyoon
A1 Hahm, Ki-Hyun
A1 Park, Hyoung Wook
A1 Kang, Hyun Hee
A1 Sohn, Myongsei
A2 Hahm, Ki-Hyun
A2 Park, Hyoung Wook
A2 Kang, Hyun Hee
A2 Sohn, Myongsei
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1781882258
AB Despite the wide and daunting array of cross-cultural obstacles that the formulation of a global policy on advance directives will clearly pose, the need is equally evident. Specifically, the expansion of medical services driven by medical tourism, just to name one important example, makes this issue urgently relevant. While ensuring consistency across national borders, a global policy will have the additional and perhaps even more important effect of increasing the use of advance directives in clinical settings and enhancing their effectiveness within each country, regardless of where that country's state of the law currently stands. One cross-cultural issue that may represent a major obstacle in formulating, let alone applying, a global policy is whether patient autonomy as the underlying principle for the use of advance directives is a universal norm or a construct of western traditions that must be reconciled with alternative value systems that may place lesser significance on individual choice. A global policy, at a minimum, must emphasize respect for patient autonomy, provision of medical information, limits to the obligations for physicians, and portability. And though the development of a global policy will be no easy task, active engagement in close collaboration with the World Health Organization can make it possible.
K1 global policy
K1 Advance Directives
DO 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01787.x