Research Article

Preferences for Advance Directives in Korea

Table 2

Preferences for end-of-life treatment (N = 336).

Yes (%)I do not know (%)No (%)

If there is no hope of my recovery and the death is drawing near, I want to be treated for relieving pain although that treatment can reduce my life (Preference item 1)200 (59.5)64 (19)72 (19.2)
If there is no hope of my recovery and the death is near, I want to be treated aggressively to extend or sustain my life even with no effect for recovery (Preference item 2)34 (10.1)85 (25.3)217 (64.6)
If I am living as a vegetarian, I want to be given cardiopulmonary resuscitation using defibrillator (Preference item 3)54 (16.1)69 (20.5)213 (63.4)
If I am living as a vegetarian, I want to be given IV therapy and nasogastric tube feeding (Preference item 4)23 (6.8)85 (25.3)228 (67.9)
I want to be treated to extend my life in any case (Preference item 5)30 (8.9)102 (30.4)204 (60.7)