What patients want at life's end: Study finds 90% want a say, but key topics go unasked

As Hong Kong moves toward implementing landmark legislation to protect people's end-of-life care wishes, a research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed and tested a pioneering tool to improve crucial conversations behind those decisions. The "Advance Care Planning Communication Assessment Tool" (ACP-CAT)—validated for the first time in real-world clinical settings—was used to assess 137 actual medical consultations facilitating advanced care planning.