Growing number of terminal patients in Korean stop life-sustaining treatments

Over 20 thousand, 7-hundred patients or their families have refused life-sustaining treatments since the 'death with dignity' bill came into effect in South Korea on February 4th.
According to the Ministry of Health Tuesday, around 66-point-3 percent of such instances involve the decision being made by the patients' family.
Some 33 percent personally made the choice while only point-7 percent filled in an advance application ahead of falling terminally ill.
Some religious groups opposed the bill, and there have been concerns over the potential for abuse if doctors allow patients and their family members to choose death over treatment.
But the law has drawn support from senior citizens with a survey last year showing nine out of ten Koreans aged 65 would refuse treatment to extend their lives if they were suffering from an incurable disease.