Esther Luo, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Developing a Strategic Plan for Sustainability in Palliative Care in Vietnam

Blog 3 In addition to visiting home care patients and facilitating small group discussions on palliative care topics, one of the most exciting events was the development of a strategic plan making palliative home care program sustainable. We utilized the SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,...

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Teaching Palliative Care, Esther Luo, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam April 2011

Blog 2 Teaching international Palliative CareOne of the skills I am learning during this trip is how to teach palliative care to an international audience. How does one present a power-point presentation with an interpreter? How does one teach home care not knowing the Vietnamese language? How does one facilitate small group palliative care teaching using an interpreter?As it turns out, it was not...

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Esther Luo, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, April 2011

In 2005, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam launched a palliative care initiative for which Dr. Eric Krakauer has been the primary technical advisor. Dr. Krakauer is also an attending physician on the MGH Palliative Care Service and Director of International Programs at the Harvard Medical School Center...

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