Lost in Translation Google’s Translation of Palliative Care to ‘Do-Nothing Care’
姑息治疗 by: Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF My colleagues often ask me: “Why are Chinese patients so resistant to hospice and palliative care?” “Why Read More
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April 2019 Kokua Mau meeting Cannabis and Pain Management
Please join us for our monthly meeting, to learn, laugh, mingle and network. April’s topic: What is the latest on Medical Cannabis and how can Read More
April is National Healthcare Decisions Month 2019
We have a great opportunity to call attention to Advance Care Planning on National Healthcare Decisions Day/week. If you are interested in getting our community Read More
Subscribe and help us claim the YouTube URL
We need your help: Please visit our YouTube channel and ‘like’ our movies. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel. We need at least 100 subscribers Read More
American Bar Association’s Advance Directives: Counseling Guide for Lawyers
The American Bar Association’s Advance Directives: Counseling Guide for Lawyers recently published. Described by the John A. Hartford Foundation as “a new resource [that] will Read More
National POLST Paradigm identifying those who are appropriate for POLST
On November 7, 2018 the National POLST Plenary Assembly Executive Committee approved new guidelines for health care professionals as to whom is POLST appropriate. These Read More
Mits Aoki Legacy Foundation 4th Annual Meeting and Community Service Award
Please join us to recognize the outstanding work of Kōkua Mau and the presentation of the 2018 Mitsuo Aoki Community Service Award to Jeannette Kojane, Read More
16 page booklet Advance Care Planning-Making Life Decisions reprinted
Kōkua Mau is happy to announce an updated printing of the booklet “Advance Care Planning-Making Life Decisions”. To date, over 50,000 copies of the booklet Read More
Reprinted 16 page booklet Advance Care Planning-Making Life Decisions
Kōkua Mau is happy to announce an updated printing of the booklet “Advance Care Planning-Making Life Decisions”. (PDF file available) To date, over 50,000 copies Read More
Postponed Trainings on Molokai
All workshops on Moloka‘i originally planned for Sept 15 and 16, 2018 have been rescheduled for later, due to Hurricane Olivia approaching Hawaii.