Preferences for life-sustaining treatments in advance decisions: a cross-sectional survey of Taiwanese general public
Most respondents expressed a consistent preference to forgo LSTs in the hypothetical clinical scenarios. This suggests that the advance decision, implemented in 2019, may align with public needs. However, given the low completion rate and prevalent preference patterns, policymakers should increase efforts to ensure that those in need have access to appropriate resources and consider implementing a tiered signing process.
Authors
- Daniel Tsai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-3627)
- Chun-Tung Kuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2006-4928)
- Duan‐Rung Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6391-987X)
- Ping-Hsueh Lee
- Yu-Chen Juang
Institutions
- National Taiwan University (TW)
- Kuang Tien General Hospital (TW)
- Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Ethics
- Published
- 2025-07-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-025-01242-0
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Education, India
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- National Taiwan University
- National Science and Technology Council