living will

Japanese: living will(英語表記)livingwill
living will

...The aforementioned Tokai University Euthanasia Case ruling also stated that the discontinuation of life-sustaining medical treatment based on the patient's presumed will is legal. In addition, more than 40 states have enacted "natural death laws" or similar laws that give legal effect to instructions (called living wills) made while the patient is capable of making decisions, requesting that artificial life-sustaining measures be discontinued if the patient is in a terminal condition. In Japan, the Society for Dying with Dignity has long proposed a "special measures law for terminal medical treatment" with this purpose. ...

*Some terminology explanations that mention "living will" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…前述の〈東海大学安楽死事件〉判決も,患者の推定的意思にもとづく〈延命医療の中止〉は合法であると述べている。 また,意思能力のある状態で作成された,自分が末期状態になったときは人為的な延命措置を中断することを求める旨の指示書(リビング・ウィルliving willと呼ばれる)に法的な効力を与える〈自然死法〉ないし類似の名の法律も,40州以上で成立している。日本でも尊厳死協会は早くからこのような趣旨の〈末期医療の特別措置法〉を提案している。…

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