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S1E89: What can be done to help more end-of-life patients fulfil their wish of dying at home?
Synopsis: Every first and third Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
In Singapore, deaths happen more in hospitals than in the patients' own homes, even though a Lien Foundation survey conducted back in 2014 had found that many people would prefer to die at home, surrounded by loved ones. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said recently that the government wants to help more people fulfil this wish by boosting palliative care support. Conversations about death and dying are difficult but crucial to understanding a person's end-of-life…
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