07.04.01.02. Hospice centres | Hong Kong SAR

07.04.01.02. Hospice centres | Hong Kong SAR

22 Aug 2022

Yes. In the public sector, there are 17 palliative care services under the auspices of the Hospital Authority in 2019 (Lam, 2019). In the private sector, The Jockey Club Home for Hospice which started its services in 2017, provides quality hospice and palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families (The Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care, 2020).

References:

Lam, W. M. (2019). Palliative care in Hong Kong – past, present and future. Hong Kong Practitioner, 41(2), 39-46. Retreived from: https://www.hkcfp.org.hk/Upload/HK_Practitioner/2019/hkp2019vol41Jun/discussion_paper.html

The Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care. (2020). Jockey Club Home for Hospice. Retrieved from https://www.hospicecare.org.hk/service-detail.php?id=22&lang=en