Against the background of aging population and an increasing expectation about the long term and end of life care, care planning and related dying choice has lately become an important topic of concern in Hong Kong recently. In view of the concern over respect to patient self-determination and improvement of their quality of life at the terminal stage, the government will implement advance directives in this year and continuously promote dying in place to increase the end of life care and dying choice. To equip the sector with knowledge of the related topics, the Council publishes “Newsletter on Palliative and End-of-Life Care Service”.

This issue of the newsletter is “Understanding Death Literacy” (only Chinese version). In 2025, HKCSS conducted research on death literacy among carers and the general public. Through this issue, we share an overview of the situation of death literacy at different levels in Hong Kong, as observed in the research, as well as how death literacy can be applied in communities and among social work professionals in practice.

If you have any enquiries or comments on this publication, please contact Ms. Kelly Chong, Officer (Tel: 28762445; email: [email protected]) or Mr. Norman Kwan, Officer (Tel: 28762435; email: [email protected]).

Attachment: Newsletter on Palliative and End-of-Life Care Service: “Understanding Death Literacy” (only Chinese version)