Category: Case: Mr Lau

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Moral distress

Introduction
Backgrounders
Themes

Moral distress

Conflict between team members

Disagreements over timing for advance care planning

Opting for Chinese over Western medicine

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Life-sustaining treatment

Introduction
Backgrounders
Themes

Life-sustaining treatment

Conflict between team members

Feeding tube decision in a dying demented patient

ICU triage for patient with advanced cancer

Disagreements over timing for advance care planning

Withholding antibiotics at the end of life

Filial piety in end of life care decisions

Miscommunication with family in advance care planning

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Informed consent

Introduction
Backgrounders
Themes

Informed consent

Conflict between team members

Family requests to withhold the truth from patient

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Futility

Introduction
Backgrounders
Themes

Futility

Conflict between team members

Continuation of Dialysis Therapy

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Case: Mr Lau Ethics Casebook-Themes

Conflict between team members

Introduction
Backgrounders
Themes

Conflict between team members

Conflict between team members