The Hospital Authority in 1998 issued a set of internal guidelines on CPR. Since then, most terminally ill patients in public hospitals have been able to die peacefully without undergoing futile CPR. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Deciding the time to let a patient die peacefully
Hospitals have strict guidelines on when to forgo life-sustaining treatment
The Hospital Authority in 1998 issued a set of internal guidelines on CPR. Since then, most terminally ill patients in public hospitals have been able to die peacefully without undergoing futile CPR. Photo: SCMP Pictures
