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Advance Care Planning in the Philippines: A continuing narrative of advocacy
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 public provisions. Despite some attempts to introduce legislation to foster ACP implementation, patient autonomy remains subordinate to family values and physician authority within the Southeast Asian culture. The article also highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the norms of the global healthcare force and pushed Palliative Medicine specialists to take on stronger roles in the battle lines against health-related suffering. The Pa...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - July 30, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Rumalie Alparaque-Corvera Djhoanna Aguirre-Pedro Erwin Phillip E Francisco Andrew E Ang Source Type: research

Advance Care Planning in Taiwan
Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2023 Jul 28:S1865-9217(23)00133-2. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2023.06.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTaiwan has been promoting the concept of palliative care since 1983. In the 2021 global quality of death index, Taiwan ranked third. Regarding the development of patient autonomy, there are two phases. The first phase was the passage of the Hospice Palliative Care Act in 2000, which respects the personal choices of terminally ill patients, including the decision to refuse cardiopulmonary resuscitation and to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. The second phase was the passage of the...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - July 30, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Yingwei Wang Source Type: research

T ō tatou reo - Our voice: Advance Care Planning in Aotearoa New Zealand
Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2023 Jul 28:S1865-9217(23)00105-8. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2023.05.014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe advance care planning programme in Aotearoa New Zealand aims to empower all New Zealanders to participate in planning their future health and end-of-life care. Guided by the core values of our 2022-25 strategy, the programme has developed education, tools and resources to support consumers, their family and whānau and clinicians to optimise the opportunities for what matters most to a person to guide and inform care delivery throughout their life.PMID:37517967 | DOI:10.1016/j.zefq.2023.05....
Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - July 30, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Jane Goodwin Source Type: research

Advance Care Planning in South Africa
Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2023 Jul 27:S1865-9217(23)00127-7. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2023.06.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSouth Africa (SA), an upper middle-income country, faces significant challenges, including severe inequality, poverty, high unemployment rates, unequal access to basic services, and a long history of human rights violations. It is a diverse nation with eleven official languages. The country also bears a heavy burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases, with many patients seeking healthcare services too late. Despite the pressing need, palliative care is still an emerging field in Sout...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - July 29, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Henriette Burger Margie Venter Nicola Wearne Rene Krause Source Type: research