and the reverse is also true - just because the law in Thailand now specifies that the patient's wishes in a living will must be respected does not mean you will necessarily find a hospital, or indeed an individual doctor, willing to do soOriginally Posted by fountainhall
discussing this issue with a senior administrator at a large private hospital in Bangkok in August last year just weeks after the final appeal against the original 2010 executive decree was overturned I was originally told that this probably only applied to public hospitals (even though the English translation of the decree I presented stated it applied to all doctors and hospitals) but anyway the chairman and the hospital board, in conjunction with many other major private hospitals, will consider the issue and at some point decide on their response. From recent checks the hospital still has no procedure for a patient to place a living will on file as part of his patient records and the doctors have been issued no guidelines about this issue
the responses you get in the forums on this issue is fairly typical of the uninformed speculation you get on most issues in the forums - this is a serious issue and if you are serious about it you need to discuss this specifically with your preferred doctor/hospital then get a Thai lawyer who specialises in this field who can draw up a living will that accurately outlines your requests and will be accepted by your doctor/hospital
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