Hsieh Hsien-chen, the president of Taipei Medical College, wrote a living will as early as eight years ago: "If there is no hope for me mentally or physically, I request that people just let me die with dignity." His own parents 'deaths had deeply affected him.
台北醫學院董事長謝獻臣早在八年前就立下聲明：「如果我的身體上及精神上的康復不可能期待，我要求大家讓我尊嚴的死，……」謝獻臣表示，他之所以會立下聲明，是因為父母親的死亡經驗讓他感受深刻。