Making Difficult Clinical and Policy Decisions: The Example of Ageing and End of Life Care in Asia-Pacific

January 08 - 10, 2016

Amy Y.M. Chow, Ph.D., M. Soc. Sc., R.S.W, F.T., Hong Kong SAR

The University of Hong Kong
Dept. of Social Work & Social Adm.,
The University of Hong Kong
Polkfulam Hong Kong Hong Kong

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Amy Y. M. Chow is an Associate Professor with the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong Kong. She is a board member of the prestigious International Workgroup on Death, Dying and Bereavement, a registered social worker with the Hong Kong Social Workers Registration Board. She also serves the Body of Knowledge Committee and Grief Counseling Standards Task Force of Association of Death Education and Counseling. She is the first Fellow in Thanatology awarded by the Association of Death Education and Counseling in Asia. Her achievement in bereavement research is well recognized locally and internationally. She received the Association for Death Education and Counseling 2005 Cross-Cultural Award, Cadenza Fellow in 2008, Distinguished Alumni Award 2013 of Department of Social Work, CUHK, 2013 Rainbow of Life Outstanding Individual Award, 2014 Outstanding Social Worker Award and 2014 Outstanding Teaching Award of the University of Hong Kong. She is a popular international speakers in bereavement and hospice conferences around the world.

Papers:
PANEL DISCUSSION: INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL AGEING AND END OF LIFE DECISION MAKING