Raising Death Awareness in Thailand, the Case of Life Unlocking Card Game

Tharin Phenwan; Judith Sixsmith; Deans Buchanan; Linda McSwiggan; Ekkapop  Sittiwantana; Tanida  Apichanakulchai

Raising Death Awareness in Thailand, the Case of Life Unlocking Card Game

Tharin Phenwan
, Judith Sixsmith (Supervisor)
, Deans Buchanan (Supervisor)
, Linda McSwiggan (Supervisor)
, Ekkapop Sittiwantana (Contributing member)
, Tanida Apichanakulchai (Contributing member)

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Abstract

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an agreement of preferred care between patients, family, and the health care team that is utilised should the patient become incapacitated. ACP uptake and awareness is still low in Thailand due to the lack of practical tool to initiate ACP and cultural barriers to see death as a taboo and sensitive subject. The Life Unlocking Card Game is an intervention uses the gamified element to raise ACP awareness. This study explored the experience of the Life Unlocking Card Game as a tool to raise death and ACP awareness in Thailand.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2018
Event	Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference 2018: The Sense of an Ending: stories, meanings and understanding - Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Nov 2018 → 28 Nov 2018 https://www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annual-conference-2018/

Conference

Conference	Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference 2018
Abbreviated title	SPPC Conference 2018
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	28/11/18 → 28/11/18
Internet address	https://www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annual-conference-2018/

Keywords

Gamification
Advance care planning
Advance directives
Awareness
Raising concerns
Qualitative Research
Death and dying
Thanatology
Thailand

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Life unlocking card game in death and dying classroom for medical students
Phenwan, T., Apichanakulchai, T. (Contributing member) & Sittiwantana, E. (Contributing member), 22 Aug 2018, In: MedEdPublish. 7, 3, 14 p., 43.
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Life unlocking card game in death and dying classroom for medical students

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