Yeung Rebecca, Wong Kam-Hung, Yuen Kwok-Keung, Wong Ka-Yan, Yau Yvonne, Lo Sing-Hung, Liu Rico
Department of Clinical Oncology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ann Palliat Med. 2015 Jul;4(3):132-4. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2224-5820.2015.04.02.
The 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.
姑息治疗(PC)早期融入肿瘤治疗的重要性日益得到认可。然而,关于最佳的整合方式尚无共识。本文介绍了香港一种独特的模式,即通过将姑息医学(PM)发展为临床肿瘤学下属的一个亚专业,实现临床肿瘤学与姑息医学的整合。