Advance Care Planning in the Asia Pacific

The 21st century is facing an unprecedented trend of population aging, including in many regions in the Asia Pacific region. Governments and healthcare systems recognise the importance of Advance Care Planning (ACP) in helping people to live well and to leave well. ACP is a complex intervention that is culture and context specific. In our universal endeavour to engender person centred care in healthcare systems and a more compassionate society, we are more similar than different. In this day and age of fast developing medical technologies and evolving social norms, ACP brims with both challenges and potential and a renewed understanding is needed. This book is a paean to the multifaceted nature of ACP as well as a timely update regarding the current landscape of ACP implementation and practice across the Asia Pacific region. Contents: Culture and Religion in Advance Care Planning: Culture and Advance Care Planning (Annemarie Samuels) Culture and Advance Care Planning: Perspectives from Singapore (Andy Hau Yan Ho) Culture and Advance Care Planning: Perspectives from Japan (Ai Chikada) Culture and Advance Care Planning: Perspectives from Australia (Craig Sinclair) Culture and Advance Care Planning: Samoan Perspectives from New Zealand (Eirenei Vailaau-Ah Kuoi and Michelle Niukini Hendrikse) Culture and Advance Care Planning: Acculturation (Tingting Zhu, Diah Martina, and Zhimeng Jia) Spirituality and Religion in Advance Care Planning (Kathleen Rimer) Spirituality and Religion in Advance Care Planning: Islamic Perspectives (Sakinah Alhabshi and Samsiah Abdul-Majid) Spirituality and Religion in Advance Care Planning: Christian Perspectives (Tia Jamir and Do Bong Kim) Spirituality and Religion in Advance Care Planning: Catholicism Perspectives (Maria Fidelis Manalo)…