Li Ming-liang, director of the Department of Health, says that the philosophy behind palliative care is different from the traditional attitude of trying to prolong life at all costs, and in drawing up the enforcement rules for the Palliative Care Statute during the next three months, the DOH will seek to prevent inappropriate implementation leading to infringement of patients 'rights.
衛生署長李明亮表示，安寧緩和醫療和傳統積極救治的觀念不同，如何避免執行偏差，侵害病人權益，衛生署將在三個月內擬定相關施行細則。