Collaborations
The Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is actively collaborating with different organizations and individuals to advocate Palliative and Hospice care both locally and internationally.
PSHPM X Kulay Collaboration
Hope in Abyss: The Art of Quality of Life For All
During these times of pandemic, things have gotten hard for all of us. The focus has automatically zeroed in on the most obvious, addressing every sickness or diseases related to the unseen enemy. It’s inevitable…and yet, there are those who need our help continually as well. Palliative patients wherein cancer patients constitute a large bulk have been battling with more ways than one in their predicament, and this pandemic made things existentially harder for them than before… What with the limitations not only of hospitals that would accommodate them, but a greater decline among the multidisciplinary team of medical doctors and interdisciplinary team of nurses, caregivers, and other great role player in taking good care of these set of patients has occurred. The team has been greatly challenged and threatened doubly with some of them even succumbing to their untimely permanent goodbyes in this unprecedented times… It is , indeed, a bitter pill to swallow, the ironicity of it all… And yet, we need not be engulfed in the wave of this ravaging event… We need to overcome…this battle… of uncertainty, of fear, of facing not only the palpable mortality of the human body, but also the deceitful preoccupation and possession of our belligerency…of the mind and spirit. This hospice month, a collaboration has been formulated to address the psychosocial aspect of the pandemic, inviting talented artists to showcase their God-given talents , benefit not only those who strive to rise over the challenge through art appreciation but giving a part of themselves--- sharing their precious time and gifts to our beloved cancer patients, in so doing, help themselves cope up with the present ordeal through self- expression. If there is one major thing that we should be thankful during this pandemic, creativity has a lot of things to do with it. Sharing things go beyond helping oneself, other people and accomplishing a certain goal. It is , a great opportunity to return the glory to the most high, who strengthens us in everything we do. We thank the artist who joined this project. And we hope that the exhibit will inspire a lot of people , and most of all, help our most beloved cancer patients. As the aphorism from Hippocrates goes, “ to cure sometimes, to relieve often and to comfort always.” Quality of life need not only be at the end of life…it should always be our utmost goal for every patients we encounter in our practice…
