Case report on the legal assurance of Advance Care Planning in collective culture

Hirotomo Miyatake; Akihiko Ozaki; Yasuhiro Kotera; Ryo Sakamoto; Divya Bhandari; Yu Uneno; Hiroyuki Beniya

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5759

Case report on the legal assurance of Advance Care Planning in collective culture

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Apr 20;10(4):e05759. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5759. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Hirotomo Miyatake¹, Akihiko Ozaki^{1

2}, Yasuhiro Kotera³, Ryo Sakamoto⁴, Divya Bhandari⁵, Yu Uneno⁶, Hiroyuki Beniya¹

Affiliations

¹ Orange Home-Care Clinic Fukui Japan.
² Department of Breast Surgery Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation Iwaki Japan.
³ School of Health Sciences University of Nottingham Nottingham UK.
⁴ Visina Home Care Tokyo Japan.
⁵ Medical Governance Research Institute Tokyo Japan.
⁶ Department of Therapeutic Oncology Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.

Abstract

This case report shows that there is a lack of a legal framework in Japan to protect patients' right during the end-of-life period, which hinders the implementation of ACP in medical practice. This report suggests that legal support can contribute to the advancement of ACP while addressing cultural differences.

Keywords: ACP; culture; home care; legal assurance.

Publication types

Case Reports