Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
May 2019 Issue 1

Message from Chairman (2018-2019)
Dr. NG Sheung Ching Jeffrey
HKSPM Newsletter 2019 May Issue 1 p2-3
[Download PDF]

Past Chairman’s Report (2017-2018)
Dr. YUEN Kwok Keung
HKSPM Newsletter 2019 May Issue 1 p.4
[Download PDF]

Annual Scientific Meeting

Improving Research in Palliative Care in Hong Kong
Professor LIN Chia Chin, Ms. XU Xinyi
HKSPM Newsletter 2019 May Issue 1 p.5-8
[Download PDF]

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

Use of Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV) in Patients Receiving Palliative Care
Dr. Fiona IP
HKSPM Newsletter 2019 May Issue 1 p.5-8
[Download PDF]

Early Palliative Care Integration Service for Patients
Dr. LAM Yuk Ting
HKSPM Newsletter 2019 May Issue 1 p.14-20
[Download PDF]

Priorities besides Living Longer: Experience with Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG)
Dr. KONG SY, Dr. MOK KW, Dr. Lo SK Raymond
HKSPM Newsletter 2019 May Issue 1 p.21-24
[Download PDF]

Palliative Medicine Grand Round

Fulfilling last wish — home death of cancer patients in Hong Kong
Dr. CHEUNG Yan Ki, Renee
HKSPM Newsletter 2019 May Issue 1 p.25-27
[Download PDF]

The Role of Total Parenteral Nutrition in Inoperable Malignant Bowel Obstruction
Dr. LEUNG Ling Yan, Clare
HKSPM Newsletter 2019 May Issue 1 p.28-30
[Download PDF]

15th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium

Free Paper 1
Nurse-led early psychosocial program for metastatic colo-rectal and lung cancer patients.
LUM A.*, LEUNG W.M., WONG Y.M.

Free Paper 2
Challenges of engaging people with dementia in advance care planning: perspectives of family carers of persons with advance dementia
YEUNG C.C.Y.*, CHAN H.Y.L.

Free Paper 3
A Motivational-Interviewing-Tailored Programme for Promoting Advance Care Planning Behaviours in Patients with Palliative Care Needs: Pilot Results
WONG L.H.*, KO P.P.S., LAM P.T., CHAN K.S., LAM R.W.M., LEUNG D.Y.P., CHAN H.Y.L

Free Paper 4
Effect of a Palliative Care initiative on endof-life care in acute medical wards: A six-year
experience
NG H.Y.N.*, CHEUNG K.K., CHEUNG W.Y., LAM P.T., TANG S.K., NG Y.B.

Free Paper 5
Nurses’ perceptions towards advance care planning to be provided by nurses in acute care setting: a qualitative study
NG H.Y.N.*, CHAN C.W.H.

Free Paper 6
The experience of caring for patients at the end-of-life stage in non-palliative care settings: A qualitative study
LAI X.B.*, CHING S.S.Y., WONG F.K.Y.

Free Paper 7
Preferred place of care and death among patients and caregivers receiving Hong Kong
cancer palliative care service (C3P4)
WONG H.Y.C.*, WOO K.W., POON Y.C., KWOK O.L.A.

Free Paper 8
Differences in end-of-life care for cancer patients between palliative care unit and general settings.
NG K.L.*, NG K.U.G., WONG W.Y.T.

[Download PDF]

Contents
P02 – Editorial
P04 – Sharing on 22nd International Congress on Palliative Care
P06 – Advance Directives in Hong Kong
P09 – Care of Motor Neuron Disease (MND) patients in local settings: Palliative Perspective
P12 – Managing convulsion in palliative care patients when oral and intravenous routes are not the option
P16 – Fulfilling patients’ wishes: dying in the place of choice
P19 – Promises and caveats of immunotherapy
P22 – Re-irradiation — from palliative care perspective
P26 – Coping with Living-Dying
P29 – The final journey of a lady with end stage heart failure
P32 – Membership Application / Renewal Form
P33 – Education Seminars & Meetings
P34 – Message from SPHC