South Korean judge backs right-to-die plea
A family’s request to cease all medical assistance to a 75-year-old woman in a persistent vegetative state should be granted, a South Korean court has ruled.
Seoul Western District Court ruled Friday that the woman, identified only with the surname Kim, should be taken off life support and have her feeding tube removed as per the family’s request, the Yonhap News Agency said.
The judge’s ruling was unexpected given the fact it marked the first time in South Korea that a removal of life support has been legally approved, the report said. The fact the removal of life support was supported without the patient’s consent made the ruling particularly ground-breaking, Yonhap said.
Bravo!
It’s always interesting to me that in the right to die vs. the right to languish debate, the religious predominantly prefer to languish. Given that their religions tend to be languishing, rather than dying, I guess that makes sense.
Morey
November 29, 2008 at 4:31 pm