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What is the Hospital Ethics Committee?

In March 2018, the VHS Medical Center established a Medical Ethics Committee and has since been participating in the implementation of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decision System by assessing patients in the end-of-life process, verifying patients’ intentions, and carrying out the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, thereby upholding and respecting patients’ right to self-determination.
The committee is composed of one chairperson and fifteen members, including experts from various fields such as medicine, ethics, and law. They deliberate and provide consultation on medical ethics issues related to decisions and implementation of the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment and make recommendations based on their determinations.

Organizational Chart

Chairperson

Ex officio member
- Director of Education and Research
- Director of the Hospice and
  Palliative Care Center
- Director of the Internal Medicine
  Intensive Care Unit
- Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Director of the Medical Affairs Office
- Director of General Affairs and
  Labor Relations
- Director of Appropriate
  Medical Care Department
Members
- Family Medicine Specialist
- Hematology-Oncology Specialist
- Neurosurgeon
- Medical Social Worker in Integrated
  Services Department
External Committee Member
- Specialist in VHS Long-Term Care Hospitals
- Pastor
- Medical Ethicist, Hanyang University
  College of Medicine