In an aging society such as Japan, it is essential to build a system that can provide
comprehensive medical and nursing care in the community. 1 A previous systematic review …

This article discusses the current state of Advance Care Planning (ACP) in the Philippines,
where the health system operates within a fragmented environment, with mixed private and …

The right to die with dignity is at the time of writing probably one of the most accepted, but at
the same time one of the most divergent rights in modern society. Due to the rapid …

DISCUSSIONS OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES and advance care planning are omnipresent in
endof-life literature. Most every organization provides some assistance with advance …

To clarify physicians' practices and attitudes regarding advance care planning (ACP) in
palliative care units (PCUs) in Japan, we conducted a self-completed questionnaire survey …

Background Limited data in our multi-ethnic South East Asian society on the feasibility of
advance care planning (ACP) where different cultures have disparate beliefs with regards to …

This case report shows that there is a lack of a legal framework in Japan to protect patients'
right during the end‐of‐life period, which hinders the implementation of ACP in medical …

An increasing recognition over the past five decades of the importance of patients' autonomy
and the right to be able to choose to limit medical treatment at the end of life has led to the …

Objective: To investigate the current state of awareness and practice among hospital staff in
advance care planning (ACP). Methods: A total of 782 hospital staff workers were …

Objective The value of advance care planning (ACP) for patients with life-limiting illnesses is
widely recognized but Asian health care professionals'(HCPs') perspectives on ACP have …