Invited Article
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Palliative Care Workers
Dr Doris TSE Man Wah
HKSPM Newsletter online article – Ahead of print (9 Nov., 2021)
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Invited Article
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Palliative Care Workers
Dr Doris TSE Man Wah
HKSPM Newsletter online article – Ahead of print (9 Nov., 2021)
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Event | Joint Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 – Challenges of Palliative Care in the new era |
Date and time | 27 November 2021 (Saturday) | 14:15 – 18:00 |
Format | Hybrid. 1) Zoom Webinar 2) Onsite (Lecture Hall, The Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong) |
Organiser | Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine Hong Kong Palliative Nursing Association |
Registration link | https://cutt.ly/Qm057hd |
Registration deadline | 22 November 2021 (Monday) |
Date | 28 September 2021 (Tuesday) |
Time | 6:00pm – 7:30 pm |
Topics | 1. A lady trapped in a Halo fixator 2. A gentleman suffered from refractory pruritus in end-stage kidney disease |
Presenters | Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital |
Registration | Registration Form Deadline: 23 September 2021 |
Date | 27 July 2021 (Tuesday) |
Time | 6:00pm – 7:30 pm |
Topics | 1. Making sense of her moans and groans 2. Say Yes to Life in the times of COVID |
Presenters | Wong Tai Sin Hospital Shatin Hospital |
Registration | Registration Form Deadline: 22 July 2021 |
Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
May 2021 Issue 1
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Message from Chairman, HKSPM
Caring in the seasons of visiting restriction
Dr. NG Sheung Ching Jeffrey
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 May Issue 1 p2-3
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Education seminars and meetings
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 May Issue 1 p3
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Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS): Restatement of the Position of the Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
Dr. LAM Wai Man
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 May Issue 1 p4-5
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Patients’ concerns extracted from the narrations of their life stories and the roles of the facilitator in conducting life review
Dr. KWAN Wai Man Cecilia
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 May Issue 1 p6-11
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting
A gentleman with interstitial lung disease
Dr. HO Chun Wing
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 May Issue 1 p12-18
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Cluster Inter-hospital Palliative Care Consultation Service – How can it help?
Dr. POON Yin
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 May Issue 1 p19-22
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Brain Metastases – Symptomatic Management and Oncological Treatment
Dr. WONG Ka Ming Iris
HKSPM Newsletter 2020 May Issue 1 p23-27
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Refractory Lymphoedema of Head & Neck Cancers: What are the Palliative Care Options?
Dr. LI Chi To Kevin, Dr. MOK Ka Wai Alice
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 May Issue 1 p28-32
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Date | 25 May 2021 (Tuesday) |
Time | 6:00pm – 7:30 pm |
Topics | 1. The palliative care journey of a young adult with life-limiting neurodevelopmental disorder marching from Pediatric to Adult Clinics 2. Hypoglycemia in an advanced cancer patient – as her first, her last and her only symptom |
Presenters | Tuen Mun Hospital United Christian Hospital |
Registration | Registration Form Deadline: 20 May 2021 |
Date | 27 April 2021 (Tuesday) |
Time | 6:00pm – 7:30 pm |
Topics | 1. How Has COVID-19 Changed Palliative Care for Cancer Patients? A Sharing of Cases 2. Palliative Care in Head and Neck Cancer |
Presenters | Queen Mary Hospital Bradbury Hospice |
Registration | Registration Form Deadline: 22 April 2021 |
The 14th Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Conference will be held virtually for the first time on 13-14 Nov 2021. Exciting lectures and workshops are coming your way!
Event | 14th Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Conference |
Date | 13-14 November 2021 (Saturday, Sunday) |
Format | Online Conference |
Organiser | Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care network Hospice Palliative Care Japan |
Conference Website | https://site2.convention.co.jp/aphc2021/ |
Call for abstracts | https://site2.convention.co.jp/aphc2021/abstract/ Deadline: 26 April 2021 (Monday) |
Event | Hong Kong Society of Children Palliative Care Annual Symposium 2021 |
Date | 13 March 2021 (Saturday) |
Time | 2:00pm – 5:15pm |
Venue | S.K.H Holy Carpenter Church Community Centre Hall 4/F, 1 Dyer Avenue, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Format | Online (zoom) & In-person (30 quota – first come first serve) |
Organiser | The Hong Kong Society of Children’s Palliative Care S.K.H. Holy Carpenter Church District Elderly Community Centre |
Registration | https://qrgo.page.link/cnG6X Deadline for Registration: 12 March 2021 |