Background: Asian healthcare professionals hold that patients' families play an essential
role in advance care planning. Aim: To systematically synthesize evidence regarding Asian …

Background Most studies on advance care planning in Asia originate in high-income Asian
countries. Indonesia is a middle-income Asian country characterized by its religious …

Despite the advancement of modern medicine, cancer remains one of the leading causes of
death across the globe. 1 Patients with cancer may react to diagnostic, prognostic, and …

Background: Timely and effective communication about end-of-life issues, including
conversations about prognosis and goals of care, are extremely beneficial to terminally ill …

Background Advance care planning has been widely recommended to respect the medical
care preferences of patients in the final stages of life. However, uptake of advance care …

Advance care planning is considered an important issue in end‐of‐life care for older adults.
The ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic has interrupted the healthcare system and end‐of‐life …

Background Individuals' willingness to engage in advance care planning is influenced by
factors such as culture and religious beliefs. While most studies on advance care planning in …

Background: In Confucian-influenced Asian societies, explicit end-of-life conversations are
uncommon and family involvement in decision-making is crucial, which complicates the …

Provision of palliative care to patients with advanced chronic diseases or old populations is
suboptimal, which results in unnecessary suffering of and burden to patients, caregivers …

The Argentine health system has three subsectors: private, social works, and public. It is
essential to consider the user's perceptions through studies that measure the intention to …