| Definition | Eliminate the category of ‘end-of-life process’ patients and unify them with terminal patients to allow the cessation of life-sustaining treatment. | Establish new conditions for the cessation of life-sustaining treatment for terminal patients other than those in the end-of-life process. |
| Concepts and differentiation of terminal stage and end-of-life process | Eliminate the “end-of-life process” | Maintain Current Law |
| Condition for drafting “life-sustaining treatment plan” | There is no difference between the alternatives, and further discussion is needed. |
| Implement the decision on life-sustaining treatment during the terminal stage. | Allow implementation during the terminal stage. | Permit implementation during the terminal stage if the patient’s intention can be confirmed or inferred; if the intention is unknown, implement during the dying process based on the family’s intentions and testimony. |
| Decision-making based on the family’s Intentions and testimony. | Review by one/two attending physicians or the medical institution’s ethics committee. | N/A |