Table 5 Major end-of-life guidelines in ICU setting in Japan
From: End-of-life considerations in the ICU in Japan: ethical and legal perspectives
Date of issue | Society | Pattern | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
August 2006 | The Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine | Acute: critical care | Nature of terminal care of critically ill patients in intensive care |
May 2007 | The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare | General | Decision-making process of end-of-life care |
November 2007 | The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine | Acute: emergency | End-of-life care in the setting of emergency medicine |
2010 | The Japanese Circulation Society | Chronic: cardiac | Statement for end-stage cardiovascular care |