"Palliative care," or "natural death," as it is often referred to, means that in accordance with a patient's expressed free will, medical staff will refrain from using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), artificial respirators, heart stimulants and other invasive medical technologies to prolong the dying process of patients with untreatable conditions.
安寧緩和醫療俗稱「自然死」，意即依照病人的自主意願，不使用心肺復甦術、人工呼吸器、強心劑、各種插管等維生醫療方式，拖延不可治療病人的瀕死階段。