출처 : The Straits times(2023년 7월 22일 오후 8:31 SGT)
Advance Care Planning(ACP) allows people to document their medical treatment preferences in advance, in line with their goals and values. It also allows them to designate someone to decide on medical care for them in the event they become mentally incapacitated.
People can approach public hospitals and polyclinics, as well as certain social care providers, to make such a plan.
The advance care planning process provides a safe space for people to share their personal care preferences, reducing the stress of decision-making on their family members.
It differs from other documents such as advance medical directives – which inform doctors that you do not want to use any life-sustaining treatment in cases where death is imminent – in that it is not legally binding.
According to a 2019 report by the Institute of Policy Studies on end-of-life care policy here, about 5,100 Advance Care Plans were completed between 2011 – when Singapore’s national advance care planning programme started – and 2015. This number has jumped to more than 36,600 as at end-May 2023, said Ms Winifred Lau, chief of the primary and community care department at the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC).
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