Editing Do not resuscitate (section)

=== Taiwan ===
In [[Taiwan]], patients sign their own DNR orders, and are required to do so to receive hospice care.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Fan SY, Wang YW, Lin IM | title = Allow natural death versus do-not-resuscitate: titles, information contents, outcomes, and the considerations related to do-not-resuscitate decision | journal = BMC Palliative Care | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 114 | date   = October 2018 | pmid = 30305068 | pmc = 6180419 | doi = 10.1186/s12904-018-0367-4 | doi-access = free }}</ref> However, one study looking at insights into Chinese perspectives on DNR showed that the majority of DNR orders in Taiwan were signed by surrogates.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Blank|first=Robert H.|date=May 2011|title=End-of-Life Decision Making across Cultures|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00589.x|journal=The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics|volume=39|issue=2|pages=201–214|doi=10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00589.x|pmid=21561515|s2cid=857118|issn=1073-1105}}</ref> Typically doctors discuss the issue of DNR with the patients family rather than the patient themselves.<ref name=":0" /> In Taiwan, there are two separate types of DNR forms: DNR-P which the patient themselves sign and DNR-S in which a designated surrogate can sign. Typically, the time period between signing the DNR and death is very short, showing that signing a DNR in Taiwan is typically delayed. Two witnesses must also be present in order for a DNR to be signed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Wen|first1=Kuei-Yen|last2=Lin|first2=Ya-Chin|last3=Cheng|first3=Ju-Feng|last4=Chou|first4=Pei-Chun|last5=Wei|first5=Chih-Hsin|last6=Chen|first6=Yun-Fang|last7=Sun|first7=Jia-Ling|date=September 2013|title=Insights into Chinese perspectives on do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders from an examination of DNR order form completeness for cancer patients|url= |journal=Supportive Care in Cancer|volume=21|issue=9|pages=2593–2598|doi=10.1007/s00520-013-1827-2|issn=0941-4355|pmc=3728434|pmid=23653012}}</ref>

DNR orders have been legal in Taiwan since June 2000 and were enacted by the Hospice and Palliative Regulation. Also included in the Hospice and Palliative Regulation is the requirement to inform a patient of their terminal condition, however, the requirement is not explicitly defined leading to interpretation of exact truth telling.<ref name=":0" />