Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
Oct 2013 Issue 2

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Annoucement on Annual Scientific Meeting of HKSPM
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p2

Report on the 10th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium
Dr. Rico LIU
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p3-8

The 10th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium Workshops
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p10-11

Free paper abstracts from the 10th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p12-17

Report on the 13th World Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care in Prague and a visit to St. Joseph´s Hospice in Rajhrad
Dr. Rico LIU
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p18-20

Invited article

Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Setting
Dr. TSE Chun Yan
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p21-23

Reflection on Palliative Care for Advanced Cancer in the Age of Targeted Therapy
Dr. Rebecca YEUNG
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p24-25

Palliative Medicine Grand Round

Hypoglycaemia in advanced cancer patients
Dr. YAU Wai Shan Cora
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 P26-28

Animal-assisted activity and animal-assisted therapy in palliative care
Dr. WOO Kam Wing Raymond
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p29-31

Editor’s Column
Dr. TSE Man Wah Doris
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p31

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ meeting

“Doctor, I don’t want to live” – suicide in cancer patients
Dr. YP Tai, Dr. TW CHAN, Dr. HL LEUNG, Dr. KH WONG
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p32-35

Educational Seminars and Meetings
HKSPM Newsletter 2013 Oct Issue 2 p37

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
Apr 2014 Issue 1

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Message from Chairman
Dr. LAM Wai Man
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 p2

Report on ASM and AGM of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine 2013
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 p3-5

Hospital Authority Corporate Scholarship Program for Doctors

Big Big world out there…
Dr CHAN Jasmine TM
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 p6-9

2014 Spring dinner of HKSPM and HKPNA
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 p10-16

Palliative Medicine Grand Round

End-of-Life care challenges for patients with Refractory Leukaemia: Intensive or Palliative?
Dr. CHENG Hon Wai Benjamin
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 P17-20

Some thoughts about complementary and alternative medicine in palliative care
Dr. WOO Kam Wing Raymond
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 p21-24

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ meeting

A Ten-Year Journey of a Young Man with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Dr. LAM Wai Man
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 25-28

Palliative Medicine Grand Round

A lady with Lymphoedema
Dr. HO Chun Wing
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 p29-31

Use of Targeted Therapy for Advanced Cancers at End-of-Life: A Narrative Review
Dr. CHAN Kwok Ying
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 p32-35

Educational Seminars and Meetings
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Apr Issue 1 p37

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
Nov 2014 Issue 2

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Announcement of Annual Scientific Meeting of HKSPM
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p2

HKSPM Statement on Proposal for Development of End-of-Life Policy in Hong Kong
Dr. LAM Wai Man
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p3

Report of the 11th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium – “Who cares? We do!”
Dr. LAM Wai Man
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p4-6

HKPCS – Free paper session
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p7

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ meeting

Chemotherapy towards the end-of-life: Is it the way to maintain hope?
Dr. CHAN Po Chung
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p8-12

Management of breathlessness in advanced cancer patients
Dr. CHAN Wing Lok
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p13-16

Artificial nutrition and hydration: to give or not to give
Dr. HO Pui Ying Patty
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p17-19

Communication in palliative care in acute setting – gaps and solutions
Dr. LUI Cheuk Yu Louisa
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 P20-23

Palliative Medicine Grand Round

Life in the ICU
Dr. CHAN Chung On
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p24-26

A lady with bone metastases
Dr. HO Chun Wing
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p27-29

Palliative care for young adults
Dr. MOK Ka Wai Alice
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p30-32

To pray or not to pray – evidence-based review of intercessory prayer
Dr. WOO Kam Wing Raymond
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p33-35

Educational Seminars and Meetings
HKSPM Newsletter 2014 Nov Issue 2 p37

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
Apr 2015 Issue 1

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Message from Chairman — Palliative Care Trip to Shanghai
Dr. LAM Wai Man
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p2-4

Editor’s Column
Dr. TSE Man Wah Doris
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p5

2015 Spring Dinner HKPNA and HKSPM
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p6-9

Palliative Medicine Grand Round

Liverpool Care Pathway: the Lesson Learnt
Dr. LAU Kam Shing
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p10-12

DNACPR: Issues and Challenges
Dr. TSE Man Wah Doris
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 P13-17

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ meeting

Update on Management of Brain Metastases
Dr. LIM Mei Ying Fiona
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p18-21

Palliative Medicine Grand Round

A Review on Demoralization Syndrome in Palliative Care
Dr. MOK Ka Wai Alice
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p22-25

A Man with Terminal Colon Cancer
Dr. CHAN Chung On
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p26-29

Itchiness in a Patient with Terminal Illness
Dr. AU Ho Yan Toni
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p30-32

Paraneoplastic Pemphigus in the Palliative Care Setting
Dr. Deepa NATARAJAN, Dr. LO See Kit Raymond
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p33-35

Educational Seminars and Meetings
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Apr Issue 1 p37

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
Nov 2015 Issue 2

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Editor’s Column
Dr. TSE Man Wah Doris
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p2

Message from Chairman
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p3-6

EAPC 2015
Dr. CHAN Wing Lok Wendy
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p7

Asia Pacific Hospice Conference 2015 Taiwan
Dr. LAM Wai Man
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p8-9

12th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p10-13

12th HKPCS – Free paper presentations
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p14-20

Palliative Medicine Grand Round

Clinical perspective of drug-drug interactions with tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Dr. CHENG Hon Wai Benjamin
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p21-24

Octreotide for management of intestinal obstruction – an update
Dr. LI Cho Wing Bryan
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 P25-26

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ meeting

Palliative Radiotherapy – Shorter or longer fractionation?
Dr. MOK Siu Ting Florence
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p27-31

Using Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) in survival prediction
Dr. CHIANG Chi Leung, Dr. LO Sing Hung
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p32-35

Educational Seminars and Meetings
HKSPM Newsletter 2015 Nov Issue 2 p37

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
May 2016 Issue 1

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Editor’s Column
Dr. TSE Man Wah Doris
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 May Issue 1 p2

Spring dinner 2016
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 May Issue 1 p3-7

HKSPM Annual Scientific Meeting
A report on the Annual Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 May Issue 1 p8-11

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ meeting

Management of castration resistant prostate cancer
Dr. LAM Ho Ching Martin
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 May Issue 1 p12-15

Long term abdominal pigtail drain for management of ascites in terminal malignancy
Dr. CHAN Sun Yin Ann
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 May Issue 1 P16-20

Palliative Medicine Grand Round

A lady who needed repeated blood transfusions
Dr. HO Chun Wing
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 May Issue 1 p21-23

Strategies for opioid rotation to methadone
Dr. CHAN Chung On
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 May Issue 1 p24-27

Liver cirrhosis and palliative care
Dr. MA Chi Ming
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 May Issue 1 p28-31

Educational Seminars and Meetings
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 May Issue 1 p33

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
Nov 2016 Issue 2

Editor’s Column -Advance Care Planning in Asian Context: Report and Reflect
Dr. TSE Man Wah Doris
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 Nov Issue 2 p2-5
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13th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 Nov Issue 2 p6-10
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Abstract from Free Paper Presentation
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 Nov Issue 2 p11-16
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Palliative Medicine Grand Round

“Fulfilment of prophecy” – induced death anxiety
Dr. CHAN Lut Ming
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 Nov Issue 2 p17-19
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Religion and spirituality in palliative care – the final journey of a lady with metastatic breast cancer
Dr. HO Chun Wing
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 Nov Issue 2 p20-23
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Wish to hasten death: controversy about palliative sedation for refractory psycho-spiritual distress
Dr. LEUNG Ling Yan Clare
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 Nov Issue 2 p24-27
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

Pain gets worse after radiotherapy – radiation-induced pain flare
Dr. CHAN Po Chung
HKSPM Newsletter 2016 Nov Issue 2 p28-31
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Education Seminars & Meetings

HKSPM Newsletter 2016 Nov Issue 2 p33
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Message from SPHC

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Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
May 2017 Issue 1

Report from Chairman

Dr. YUEN Kwok Keung
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 May Issue 1 p2-5
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Spring dinner 2017

Dr. YUEN Kwok Keung
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 May Issue 1 p6-12
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Sharing on 21st International Congress on Palliative Care

Dr. CHEUNG Yan Ki Renee
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 May Issue 1 p13
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ meeting

Two steps or three steps: analgesic titration
Dr. LI Chi To Kevin
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 May Issue 1 p14-17
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Midazolam: a commonly used drug revisited
Dr. CHAN Chung On
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 May Issue 1 P18-22
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Palliative Medicine Grand Round

A brief review and update in neuropathic pain
Dr. HO Chun Wing
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 May Issue 1 p23-27
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Could you tell I am sad
Dr. CHAN Lut Ming
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 May Issue 1 p28-33
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In Memoriam

HKSPM Newsletter 2017 May Issue 1 p34-35
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Educational Seminars and Meetings

HKSPM Newsletter 2017 May Issue 1 p37
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Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
Dec 2017 Issue 2

Message from Editor-in-Chief
Dr. CHAN Kin Sang
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p2
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14th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p3-7
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Report on 12th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference
Dr. YUEN Kwok Keung
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p8
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Sharing on 15th EAPC World Congress
Dr. MA Chi Ming
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p9
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

Discussing about Advance Directives in an Acute Oncology Centre – an oncologist’s reflection
Dr. LAM Yuk Ting
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p10-15
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Prognosticaion of survival in advanced cancer patients
Dr. KAM Tsz Yeung
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p16-20
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Updates on the Disease Management of Bone Metastases
Dr. LEUNG Carmen
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p21-25
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Challenges in Caring for Young Adults with Terminal Cancer
Dr. FOK Julianna
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p26-29
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Patient-centered Communication in End of Life
Dr. CHAN Chung On
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p30-33
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Letter to the Media 

香港紓緩醫學學會及香港紓緩護理學會就查理・加爾個案報導中所用辭彙的誤解的回應和澄清
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p34
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Obituary

In Memory of Professor Sir David Todd (1928-2017)
Dr. SHAM Michael
HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p35
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Education Seminars & Meetings

HKSPM Newsletter 2017 Dec Issue 2 p37
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Message from SPHC

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Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
May 2018 Issue 1

Editorial

Is suffering under addressed?
Dr. CHAN Kin Sang
HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p2-3
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The Chairman’s Report: Footprints in 2017

Dr. YUEN Kwok Keung
HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p4-5
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Letter to the Department of Justice, 27th February 2018

HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p6
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香港紓緩醫學學會於「立法會長期護理政策聯合小組委員會」會議 (2017年12月12日) 發表關於紓緩治療發展的意見
HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p7
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Palliative care of terminal cancer patients in general medical wards
Dr. MOK Chun-keung Francis, Dr. CHENG Hon-wai Benjamin, Dr. HO Yiu-yan Andrew, Dr. NG Man-fai
HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p8-10
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Palliative Medicine Grand Round

Understanding Acceptance
Dr. CHAN Lut-ming
HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p11-13
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

Pain management in terminally ill patients with history of opioid misuse
Dr. LEUNG Ling-yan, Clare
HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p14-15
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Palliative care for a patient with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)
Dr. AU Ho-yan
HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p16-17
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Palliative Care for Patients with Haematological Malignancies – Can we do more?
Dr. NATARAJAN Deepa, Dr. LO See-kit, Raymond
HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p18-20
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簡單介紹《香港好走》
陳律銘醫生
HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p21
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Spring dinner 2018

HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p22-23
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Educational Seminars and Meetings

HKSPM Newsletter 2018 May Issue 1 p25
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