Many ethical questions in medicine center on illness and the preservation of life. Because palliative care supports patients and families during critical transitions, ethical challenges frequently arise. Public debate is growing around topics such as withholding or withdrawing treatment, assessing mental capacity, determining medical futility, and issues like physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. Professionals in palliative care need to understand these ethical concerns as well as the clinical evidence that informs best practice.
This workshop explores a wide range of ethical issues in palliative care, primarily through in-depth case discussions.
These 2 days of the workshop will cover the following areas:
- The place of ethics in palliative care
- Evaluating an ethical case
- Ethical communication: collusion, consent and confidentiality
- Withdrawing and withholding treatment
- Physician assisted suicide
- Euthanasia
- Advanced medical directive and advanced care planning
- Palliative sedation
- Ethics at the end of life
Profile of Facilitators:
Dr. Sumytra Menon
Dr Sumytra Menon is Director of CBmE and Co-Director of CENTRES, leading national efforts in clinical and research ethics education. A legal scholar and bioethics educator, she directs the SHAPES programme and researches healthcare decision-making, mental capacity law, and genetic discrimination. Her policy-oriented work translates research into practical frameworks for healthcare ethics. She serves on multiple national ethics committees, including those for advance care planning, MediFund, and transplant ethics, and contributes to strengthening ethics infrastructure across Singapore.
Clin Assoc Prof Chan Mei Yoke
Associate Professor Chan Mei Yoke, Senior Consultant in the Department of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, is a paediatric haematologist-oncologist who graduated from the National University of Singapore and trained in Singapore and the UK, including at the Royal Marsden Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital. She helped establish KKH’s paediatric palliative care service in 2004 and has strong interests in palliative care and medical ethics, earning a Master of Bioethics from Harvard in 2022.
She currently serves as a Senior Consultant in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology and chairs the Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee at KKH.
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| Registration Fees | Normal | International | APHN Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors | RM300 | USD100 | RM230 / USD75 |
| Nurses / Allied Healthcare Professional | RM250 | USD80 | RM180/USD60 |
Method of Payment:
- Cheque/postal order/money order/government local order payable to “Hospis Malaysia”.
- Direct remittance to “Hospis Malaysia” to Maybank Account No: 5141 3212 1211, Cheras Branch, Taman Midah. Kindly email the bank slip to education@hospismalaysia.org for our tracking purpose.
- Overseas Telegraphic Transfer(TT) to “Hospis Malaysia” (Maybank Account No: 5141 3212 1211, Cheras Branch, Taman Midah). Swift Code: MBBEMYKL
For further information, please email education@hospismalaysia.org.