A group of top doctors in the fields of oncology and palliative care have gathered in Beijing Oncology Hospital recently to discuss the future development of hospice care in China. One important issue on their agenda is publicizing the idea of hospice care and death with dignity to the general public.
When the final curtain call draws, how should you greet it? Some patients in the last phases of a fatal disease choose to not receive final treatment and plan a peaceful and comfortable farewell to the world. This decision is called death with dignity.
The term applies to a doctor's actions in agreeing to withhold medical treatment from a terminally ill patient. The patient can decide on details, such as to spend the last days at home and who should be present. A written agreement called Advanced Care Planning is signed in such situa
