For subscribers
Home Ground
Palliative care: Not an act of despair, but a loving way to ease the last journey
Delays in referring patients to palliative care just mean more suffering for them and their caregivers.
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox

Dying and end-of-life issues remain taboo among many Singaporeans.
PHOTO: ST FILE
Reading the recent slew of reports on end-of-life issues in The Straits Times this week, I had a strong sense of deja vu.
My family had gone through the experience of caring for my mother in her last months, and I recall how palliative care helped ease her pain and our anxiety as caregivers.


