Sage Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care

This episode features Jing-Da Pan (Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China School of Nursing, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China)   What is already known about the topic? Family members are crucial in advance care planning for patients with life-limiting illnesses, particularly in Asia, where cultural values stress family-centeredness and paternalism. No study so far has attempted to systematically synthesize this information within the Asian context and there is a lack of a model to describe Asian family members’ involvement in advance care planning.   What this paper adds? Asian family members are willing to participate in advance care planning but face difficulties in translating this willingness into action. Barriers include inadequate legislation, insufficient public education, and influences from Confucianism or traditional beliefs. A culturally sensitive model with six dimensions w