Much of the issues involved in medical ethics revolve around the issue of illness and the preservation of life. As Palliative Care deals with patients and families at the transitions of care, issues surrounding medical ethics become more common. There is increasing public discussion in areas such as withholding and withdrawal of treatment, mental capacity, medical futility and physician assisted suicide and euthanasia. Those involved in palliative care should be aware of both ethical issues as well as the clinical evidence that should guide their practice.

This workshop deals with many of the ethical issues in palliative care mainly through 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
• The ‘difficult patient’
• Physician assisted suicide
• Euthanasia
• Advanced medical directive and advanced care planning
• Palliative sedation
• Ethics at the end of life

Facilitators

Dr Sumytra Menon
Deputy Director of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore & Co-Director of the Clinical Ethics Network + Research Ethics Support (CENTRES) initiative

Associate Professor Chan Mei Yoke
Senior Consultant in Paediatrics Haematology / Oncology at KKH, Singapore and Chair of the Hospital Ethics Committee.

Method of Payment:

1. Cheque/postal order/money order/government local order payable to “Hospis Malaysia”.
2. 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.
3. 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.