Institute of Ageing Institute of Ageing - JCECC Capacity Building and Education Programmes on End-of-Life Care

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Casebook on Ethical Decision-Making in End-of-Life Care..
of Older Adults

Read the Cases

Mr Lau - Conflict between team members

Mr Chan - Feeding tube decision in a dying demented patient

Mrs Wong - ICU triage for patient with advanced cancer

Mrs Kwok - Family requests to withhold the truth from patient

Mr Chau - Disagreements over timing for advance care planning

Mr Ip - Withholding antibiotics at the end of life

Ms Ng - Opting for Chinese over Western medicine

Mrs Yeung - Challenges in careful hand feeding

Mrs Tsang - Filial piety in end of life care decisions

Mrs Leung - Miscommunication with family in advance care planning

Mr Tse - Mentally Incapable of Making End of Life Care Decisions