• Ann Palliat Med · Jul 2015

    Clinical oncology and palliative medicine as a combined specialty--a unique model in Hong Kong.

    • Rebecca Yeung, Kam-Hung Wong, Kwok-Keung Yuen, Ka-Yan Wong, Yvonne Yau, Sing-Hung Lo, and Rico Liu.
    • Department of Clinical Oncology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong SAR, China. yeungmwr@ha.org.hk.
    • Ann Palliat Med. 2015 Jul 1; 4 (3): 132-4.

    AbstractThe importance of early integration of palliative care (PC) into oncology treatment is increasingly being recognized. However, there is no consensus on what is the optimal way of integration. This article describes a unique model in Hong Kong where clinical oncology and palliative medicine (PM) is integrated through the development of PM as a subspecialty under clinical oncology.

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