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HKSPM Newsletter 2023 Issue 1 May

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
May 2023 Issue 1
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Message from Editor-in-Chief P. 1
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HKSPM 25th Anniversary Lecture

Threats and Opportunities for Palliative Care in Modern Medicine
Prof. Bee WEE
HKSPM Newsletter 2023 Issue 1 May p. 2 – 6
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Palliative Care in Hong Kong: Reflections and Future Challenges
Dr. Doris TSE Man Wah
HKSPM Newsletter 2023 Issue 1 May P. 7 – 14
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HKSPM 25th Anniversary ASM Photos
HKSPM Newsletter 2023 Issue 1 May P. 15 – 16
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18th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium

Best Paper Award – Service model of Kowloon East Cluster (KEC)
Virtual Ward (VW) Program and its role in Palliative Care (PC)
Dr. MA Chi Ming, KONG So Chun, TSE Yin Kum, KARN Kin Yi, Carmen LEE Ka Yee
HKSPM Newsletter 2023 Issue 1 May p. 17
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18th HKPCS Photos
HKSPM Newsletter 2023 Issue 1 May p. 18
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

Non-oral opioids outside hospital
Dr. CHOW Tsz Fung
HKSPM Newsletter 2023 Issue 1 May p. 19 – 25
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Building the palliative care team under relocation stress
Dr. Jasmine CHAN Tsz Mim
HKSPM Newsletter 2023 Issue 1 May p. 26 – 31
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Education Seminars & Meetings P.32
HKSPM Membership Application / Renewal Form P. 33
News from SPHC P. 34 – 35

HKSPM Newsletter 2022 Issue 1 May

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
May 2022 Issue 1
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Message from New Chairperson P. 2 – 3
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In Remembrance of Dr Derek Doyle, OBE
Dr. KS Chan
HKSPM Newsletter 2022 Issue 1 May p. 4 – 7
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17th Hong Kong Palliative Care symposium, 2021
– The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Palliative Care Workers P. 8 – 13
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

Say Yes to Life in the Times of COVID
Dr. Kong Shing Yam, Dr. Lo See Kit, Raymond
HKSPM Newsletter 2022 Issue 1 May p. 4 -17
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A lady trapped in a Halo fixator
Dr. Cheung Yan Ki
HKSPM Newsletter 2022 Issue 1 May p. 18 – 22
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Hypoglycaemia in a patient with advanced cancer – her first, last and only symptom
Dr. Cheung Wai Yin
HKSPM Newsletter 2022 Issue 1 May p. 23 – 26
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A gentleman suffering from refractory pruritus with end-stage kidney disease
Dr. Yau Wai Shan, Cora
HKSPM Newsletter 2022 Issue 1 May p. 27 – 32
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Sharing on the 14th Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Conference (APHC) 2021
Dr. Chan Lut Ming
HKSPM Newsletter 2022 Issue 1 May p. 33 – 34
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17th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium, Free Paper Award

Preference of dying at home and its determinants among advanced cancer patients and their caregivers in a regional hospital in Hong Kong – abstract
Ms. Ip Hiu Tung, Joan, Dr. Chan Po Chung, Sunny, Dr. Kwok Wai Leung, Anthony, Dr.
Lee Yin Tak, Ken, Ms. Mak Man Yu, Mandy
HKSPM Newsletter 2022 Issue 1 May p. 35
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HKSPM Membership Application / Renewal Form P. 37
News from SPHC P. 38 – 39

HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 1

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine 2000 Issue 1
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Message from Chairman
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 1 p1

Greeting from sister Gabriel
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 1 p2

Meetings (Local and overseas)
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 1 p3

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

Suicide in terminally ill patient
Dr. Yvonne MAK, Dr. ML Wong
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 1 p4-5

Shortness of breath in Hospice patients
Dr. KS LAU, Dr. WC CHOW
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 1 p6-7

The Euthanasia debate in Hong Kong
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 1 p8

Letter to SCMP – Withdrawal of life support not euthanasia
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 1 p9

Letter to Prof PC Leung
Dr KS CHAN
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 1 p10

HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Issue 2 Sep

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine 2000 Issue 2 Sep
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Editorial
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p1

Annual General Meeting
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p2

Letters to editor
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p3

Communication with our Heart
Dr. Vincent TSE
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p4

Report on Seminar “Euthanasia or not”

Euthanasia and Forgoing Life Sustaining Treatment – Confusion and Controversy
Dr. CY TSE
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p5-6

Euthanasia or not – a review of the stand of professional bodies
Dr. Michael SHAM
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p7-8

Euthanasia – Status and Practices
Dr. LO Ping Cheung
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p9-10

Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

A lady with colostomy presenting with diarrhoea
Dr L HUNG, Dr KH SZE
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p11-12

Blood transfusion in Hospice patients
Dr OL KWOK
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p13-15

Meeting Calendar/ Journal Citation
HKSPM Newsletter 2000 Sep Issue 2 p16

HKSPM Newsletter 2021 Issue 2 Nov

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
Nov 2021 Issue 2
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Special Invited Article

From the perspective of self-competence in death work: Self-care among palliative care professionals in the midst of COVID-19
Prof. Chan Chi Ho, Wallace, Ms. Tin Fong, Agnes
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 Issue 2 Nov p. 4 – 7
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

How Has COVID-19 Changed Palliative Care for Cancer Patients?  A Sharing of Cases
Dr. Tse Pui Ying, Rosa
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 Issue 2 Nov p. 8 -13
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Portal venous thrombosis- Is treatment in cancer patients necessary?
Dr Juliana Fok
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 Issue 2 Nov p. 14 – 18
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An Integrated Breathlessness Service Program in a Palliative Care Ambulatory Center- Proactive Education and Therapeutic Intervention Models
Dr Leung Wai Lim, Carmen, Dr Wong Kam Hung, Dr Irene Kwok, et al.
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 Issue 2 Nov p. 19-26
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Palliative care journey of a young adult with life-limiting neurodevelopmental disorder marching from pediatric to young adulthood
Dr Cheng Hon Wai, Benjamin
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 Issue 2 Nov p. 27 – 32
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Early Psychosocial Service in a Local Oncology Unit
Dr Lau On Yee Justina, Dr Chan Kuen, Dr Rebecca Mei Wan Yeung, et al.
HKSPM Newsletter 2021 Issue 2 Nov p. 33-40
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HKSPM Newsletter 2021 Issue 1 May

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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HKSPM Newsletter 2001 Issue 2 Jul

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine 2001 Issue 2 Jul

Euthanasia Study – Letter to South China Morning Post
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Editorial
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Legco Motion on Euthanasia – Speech of Dr Lo Wing Lok 「對臨終病人的處理」- 勞永樂議員立法會動議演辭
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Meetings Calendar (Local & Overseas)
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Asia Pacific Hospice Conference 2001
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Cross-cultural validation of McGill Quality of Life Scale in palliative care for Hong Kong Chinese – final analysis
Raymond S.K. LO, J WOO, K ZHOC, C LI, W YEO, P JOHNSON, Y MAK, J LEE
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Use of Methadone in cancer patients with neuropathic pain
A.B. THORSEN, KS CHAN, A.C.T. LEUNG, N.S.Y. YUNG, LN CHAN, HY SHUM, LW CHEUNG
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Is there a window for palliative care in COPD patients ?
PT LAM, CM CHU, WM LAM, CY TSE
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Comparative study of the therapeutic effect of Pamidronate 30mg and 60mg in intravenous four hour single dose infusion in severe hypercalcemia in patients with advanced malignancy
KK LAM, Michael SHAM
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Breaking Bad News – A Chinese Perspective
Dr. TSE Chun Yan
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Audit on Communication in Palliative Care in Shatin Hospital
Raymond SK LO, M LIU, A LAI, J CHENG, KH SZE, J WOO
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A new Quality of Life measure for evaluation of hospice in Hong Kong : The Hospice Care Performance Inventory
E YEUNG, HM MA, C CHAN, A SIU, E SHUNG, SH LIU
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

Palliative Care in Acute Care Setting
Dr. Rico LIU
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Malignant Spinal Cord Compression
Dr. ML TSANG
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Prognostic Index for Terminal Cancer Patients
Dr. Stephen YAU
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Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care Page
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HKSPM Newsletter 2020 Issue 2 Nov

Newsletter of Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine Nov 2020 Issue 2
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The Consultation Report on Legislative Proposals on Advance Directives and Dying in Place – “End-of-Life Care: Moving Forward”
Dr. LAM Wai Man
HKSPM Newsletter 2020 Nov Issue 2 p2-3
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Presentation for 16th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium (2019)

Recent Development in Bereavement Theories and Research: Implications for Practice
Prof. Amy CHOW
HKSPM Newsletter 2020 Nov Issue 2 p4-10
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Palliative Care in Practice – Delivering Care at the End-of-Life in Acute Hospitals
Dr. LAM Po Tin
HKSPM Newsletter 2020 Nov Issue 2 p11-18
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Palliative Medicine Doctors’ Meeting

Hospital-at-Home for Palliative Care Patients
Dr. MA Chi Ming
HKSPM Newsletter 2020 Nov Issue 2 p19-23
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An Integrated Breathlessness Day Service Programme for Advanced Cancer Patients with Mild to Moderate Dyspnoea in Princess Margaret Hospital
Dr. LUI, Cheuk Yu
HKSPM Newsletter 2020 Nov Issue 2 p24-31
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Palliative Medicine Grand Round

Update on recent studies on the effectiveness of strong opioids in patients with chronic breathlessness
Dr. CHAN Lut Ming
HKSPM Newsletter 2020 May Issue 2 p32-35
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Education seminars and meetings
HKSPM Newsletter 2020 May Issue 2 p36
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