TERMINALLY ill patients should not treat death as a taboo subject, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last night.

Instead, he urged them to discuss with their families and doctors plans for dying with dignity and under the best possible care.

He also said he felt more public education was needed about what hospice and home palliative care can do to provide comfort for patients in their last days.

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