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Stream 1A | Concurrent Session | International Perspectives
11:30 am
13 September 2023
Darling Harbour Theatre - Level 2
Presentation Streams
International Perspectives
Session Description
Gain an international perspective on palliative care within this session, delving into varied approaches, global best practices, and cross-cultural insights.
Session Chairs
Session Program
- Dr Ednin Hamzah: APHN and PCA collaboration in the region
- A/Prof Ghauri Aggarwal: APHN education and the Lien Collaborative Program
- Prof Meera Agar: APHN research collaboration in the region
The Asia Pacific Region has the greatest number of people whom require palliative care and Australia is a founding member of the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN), formed in 2001. Australians have been key in the development of palliative care in the region with significant involvement in APHN with contributions particularly in the area of education and training.
In 2013, the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network partnered with the Lien Foundation to develop the Lien Collaborative Program. This is designed as a long term capacity building program for the region, in countries needing assistance for Palliative Care development. It has made its presence felt in 8 sectors with Australian faculty contributing in some of these.
Over the years, several healthcare workers from the region have also enrolled in Australian academic institutions and collaborated in research in palliative care. With the potential in greater growth for palliative care in the Asia Pacific, there is significant potential for Australians to develop a collaborative framework in mutual development and this symposium hopes to highlight some of these shared opportunities.
12:15 pm
Introduction of Access to Opioids, the international treaties and a quick overview of the discrepancies throughout the world and the region
Jim Cleary M.B., B.S., FAChPM - Professor of Medicine and Walther Senior Chair of Supportive Oncology - Medical Director and Director of Supportive Oncology at Indiana University School of Medicine and IU Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ms Kate Reed - Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner - Specialist Palliative and Supportive Care Department, Thi Trang Nguyen - Postgraduate student - Flinders University
This session brings together three different experiences of access to and use of opioids in Australia, Oceania and Asia.
Professor Jim Cleary, with a wealth of experience in this topic, will present an introduction to access to opioids in palliative care with a brief overview of the international treaties and access discrepancies throughout the world and the Oceanic region.
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Kate Reed will discuss her work on Sustainable access to opioids in Australia and recently broadening this to access to essential palliative care medicines in the Western Pacific Region as part of her Masters of Law studies.
Thi Tran Ngyuen, a post graduate student at Flinders University, will then be speaking about the results of her research study on the current issues in Vietnam for access to opioids for patients with palliative care needs.
There will be time for questions, in which the audience will be able delve further into this contemporary equality and human rights crisis to address suffering in Australia and the region.
