Doctors in Singapore often find it difficult to involve dying patients in healthcare decisions because of interference from the patients' families, according to a study on local end-of-life care.
The principle of patient autonomy -- respecting an individual's right to self-determination, privacy and bodily integrity -- is hard to apply in Singaporean family culture, the study "What Doctors Say About Care of the Dying" commissioned by the Lien Foundation found. Full story
