{"id":2796,"date":"2020-10-23T02:48:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T02:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.255.27.20\/?page_id=2796"},"modified":"2020-12-04T09:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T09:29:00","slug":"msng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ioa.cuhk.edu.hk.w26.ysdhost.com\/end-of-life-care\/msng\/","title":{"rendered":"Cases:MsNg"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2796\" class=\"elementor elementor-2796\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-794135d header-banner elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"794135d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Materials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0aa4c74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0aa4c74\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"Ethics\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a2df79 col-intro\" data-id=\"9a2df79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e47826e elementor-align-justify btn1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e47826e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/end-of-life-care\/ethics-casebook\/#Ethics\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Introduction<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b2e41e\" data-id=\"8b2e41e\" data-element_type=\"column\" id=\"col-intro2\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-876fcbd elementor-align-justify btn2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"876fcbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/end-of-life-care\/ethics-casebook-cases\/#Ethics\" elementor-tab-content-2642=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Cases<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b338cf7\" data-id=\"b338cf7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b5b52 elementor-align-justify btn3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a0b5b52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/end-of-life-care\/ethics-casebook-backgrounds\/#Ethics\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\"> Backgrounders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb1bc3b\" data-id=\"cb1bc3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b91ffc elementor-align-justify btn4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8b91ffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/end-of-life-care\/ethics-casebook-themes\/#Ethics\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Themes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2512e70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2512e70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-558ec79\" data-id=\"558ec79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41de086 msng-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41de086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\">Case: Ms Ng<\/h3><h3 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 80px;\">Opting for Chinese over Western medicine<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3910703 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3910703\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bc2cca msng-tab\" data-id=\"0bc2cca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae033b3 msng-tab-themes elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"ae033b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1821\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1821\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Case Description<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1822\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1822\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Commentary<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1821\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Case Description<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1821\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1821\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\">Ms. Ng is a 66-year-old woman who is an herbalist and rarely gets sick. She attributes her good health to her careful attention to her diet and use of traditional Chinese medicine. She is a single mother who raised her son, Tom, now in his 40s, while keeping up her small herbal medicine shop. However, over the last two months, she experienced worsening cough, shortness of breath, and swelling in her face. At Tom\u2019s insistence, she reluctantly went to the hospital A&amp;E. On a chest x-ray, a large mediastinal mass was found. Her doctor explained that the mass was compressing a large vein in her neck called the superior vena cava which was the reason for her shortness of breath and facial swelling. She was admitted to the medical ward, steroids were started, and a core biopsy of the mass was obtained.\n\nUnfortunately, the biopsy results revealed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and oncology was consulted. The oncologist, Dr. Yim, explained the treatment options with Ms. Ng and Tom. The bad news is, she said, that this type of cancer is very aggressive. Without treatment, the cancer will progress quickly and will be fatal in a matter of weeks. The good news is, if cancer treatments involving chemotherapy and immunotherapy are initiated, there is a 50% chance of long term cure. Even if the treatments fail to cure her, there is still a 60% chance of controlling her cancer for quite some time. \u201cIf I were you, I would start these treatments in the hospital right away,\u201d she recommended.\n\nMs. Ng shook her head. \u201cI don\u2019t believe in your medicines, doctor. I will go to a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who I know will help me.\u201d Tom, however, was very alarmed. \u201cMother, if you don\u2019t start these treatments in the hospital now, it may be too late!\u201d Still, she refused and asked to be discharged.\n\nMeanwhile, the ward physicians and nurses tried to convince Ms. Ng to start the cancer treatments. Dr. Yim arranged for cancer survivor volunteers to meet with Ms. Ng to share their experience. Still, nothing changed Ms. Ng\u2019s mind. Dr. Yim had further meetings with Ms. Ng and her family including her son and her sister. While Tom continued to beg his mother to reconsider, his sister supported her decision. Knowing that Ms. Ng is a strong believer in Chinese medicine her whole life, her sister said, \u201cHer mind is made up. I can only support what my sister thinks is best for her.\u201d\n\nAfter the meeting, Tom pulled Dr. Yim aside to speak with her alone. \u201cI know my mother said she doesn\u2019t want the cancer treatments, but I think she\u2019s a making a mistake!\u201d he exclaimed. \u201cPlease save her, Dr. Yim!\u201d Dr. Yim knows that Ms. Ng is of sound mind and is capable of making her treatment decisions. However, she\u2019s very uncomfortable herself with the patient\u2019s decision and wonders if there\u2019s anything else she can do.\n\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: inherit;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ioa.cuhk.edu.hk.w26.ysdhost.com\/end-of-life-care\/traditional-chinese-medicine\/\">Traditional Chinese medicine<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ioa.cuhk.edu.hk.w26.ysdhost.com\/end-of-life-care\/patient-autonomy\/\">Patient autonomy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ioa.cuhk.edu.hk.w26.ysdhost.com\/end-of-life-care\/moral-distress\/\">Moral distress<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ioa.cuhk.edu.hk.w26.ysdhost.com\/end-of-life-care\/family-conflict\/\">Family conflict<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ioa.cuhk.edu.hk.w26.ysdhost.com\/end-of-life-care\/decision-making-capacity\/\">Decision-making capacity<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ioa.cuhk.edu.hk.w26.ysdhost.com\/end-of-life-care\/cultural-beliefs\/\">Cultural beliefs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ioa.cuhk.edu.hk.w26.ysdhost.com\/end-of-life-care\/cancer\/\">Cancer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ioa.cuhk.edu.hk.w26.ysdhost.com\/end-of-life-care\/beneficence\/\">Beneficence<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1822\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Commentary<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1822\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1822\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>&#8211; Dr. Derrick Au Kit Sing, Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics<\/p>\n<p>Mentally competent adult patients have the right to refuse to consent to medical treatment for any reason, or even no expressed reason at all, even where that decision may lead to death. The underlying ethical principle is to respect a person as an autonomous agent. Raanan Gillon, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics at Imperial College London, advocates this emphasis on autonomy, describing it as \u201cprimus inter pares\u201d (\u201cthe first among equals\u201d) among the four ethical principles put forth by Beauchamp and Childress.1 In philosophical ethics this has been disputed but medical practice do in fact abide by the absolute requirement of obtaining informed consent.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is important to remember that refusal of medical treatment by the patient is not a permanent, irreversible refusal. In this case, Ms. Ng did in fact change her mind about immediate discharge from the hospital, and stayed on to complete the course of steroid treatment. This is a good indication that: Firstly, she is not giving up on herself and, secondly, when symptoms are significant, she may concede to receiving Western medicine treatment to an extent. Note also that in any patient first receiving the diagnosis of cancer (or other life-threatening illness) it may take time to \u2018swallow\u2019 the news and to accept the full implications of a treatment decision. Ms. Ng has a strong personal belief in traditional Chinese medicine, but she is also another human being facing a life-threatening illness for the first time. It would be important to attend to her emotions, explore her underlying concerns and the reasons for her reluctance to use Western medicine. Continuous dialogue and reassessment of her choice and preferences over time may be useful, and indeed ethically required.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, there are at two other aspects worth discussing:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Traditional Chinese medicine as a treatment option: The case doctor and the son are particularly uncomfortable, even distressed, that Ms. Ng should refuse a rather evidenced-based efficacious treatment. What is unknown in this case is whether well-practiced Chinese medicine may also have efficacy. Certainly traditional Chinese medicine has generally much fewer controlled studies as evidence, but it would be a valid question to ask an informed Chinese medicine practitioner, or to search medical literature on the subject. A physician who pays respect to the knowledge base of traditional Chinese medicine is also indirectly respecting the patient\u2019s such preference. By doing so, he\/she may also be more effective in arguing that the recommended treatment is better than Chinese medicine for this malignant lymphoma condition.\n<\/li>\n<li>The son and the sister holding different views: On whether to respect the refusal of treatment by Ms. Ng, the son focused on the missed benefit (\u2018beneficence principle\u2019) while the sister was inclined to respect the autonomy of Ms. Ng. If one does agree that, philosophically, respect for autonomy is indeed \u201cthe first among equals\u201d, should one then take side with the sister against the son? This however is not a good approach in handling disagreement among family members, as it may escalate the conflict rather than help its resolution. Rather, it may be more helpful to acknowledge that both are acting from what they think is best for the patient. Alternative options may be explored with the Ms. Ng and her family such as a time-limited trial of treatment with Chinese medicine and if disease progression continues, then switch over to Western medicine if her health condition allows.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Reference<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Gillon, Ranaan. Ethics Needs Principles-Four Can Encompass the Rest-and Respect for Autonomy Should be \u201cFirst Among Equals\u201d, Journal of Medical Ethics 29:307-312,2003.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project JCECC Capacity Building and Education Programmes on End-of-Life Care Introduction Cases Backgrounders Themes Case: Ms Ng Opting for Chinese over Western medicine Case Description Commentary Case Description Ms. Ng is a 66-year-old woman who is an herbalist and rarely gets sick. 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