| 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 |

| 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 |

| Event | International Conference on Community End-of-Life Care |
| Date | 17-18 June 2021 |
| Organiser | Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project (JCECC) |
| Format | Virtual Conference |
| Website | www.jcecc.hk/conf2021 Call for Abstracts – Deadline of Submission 31 March 2021 Conference Registration Deadline: 1 June 2021 |

| Event | HKPDF Professional Talk: Practical approach to managing non-motor complications of Parkinson’s Disease for the non-neurologists |
| Date | 1 April 2021 (Thursday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:00pm (HK time) |
| Organiser | Hong Kong Parkinson’s Disease Fund |
| Speaker | Prof. K. Ray Chaudhuri (UK) |
| Website | http://www.hkpdf.org.hk/activity_tc.php |
| Registration | https://forms.gle/vS13jHFEVujQxW3x5 Registration Deadline: 19 March 2021 |

| Date | 30 March 2021 (Tuesday) |
| Time | 6:00pm – 7:30 pm |
| Topics | 1. Introduction of An Integrated Breathlessness Service Program in a Palliative Care Ambulatory Center- Proactive Education and Therapeutic Intervention approach 2. Stereotactic body radiotherapy as a primary treatment for spinal metastasis : A single institution experience. |
| Presenters | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Registration | Registration is closed. |

