Chan Chi-ho, Wallace Assistant Professor Department of Social ...

Chan Chi-ho, WallaceAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Social WorkThe Chinese University of Hong KongOffice Tel. no: 2696 1518; Office Fax no: 2603-5018Email: chchan@swk.cuhk.edu.hkEducation and QualificationQualifications University/ Professional organization HonourDoctor of Philosophy The University of Hong KongBachelor of Social Science The Chinese university of Hong1 st Class(Social Work)KongFellow in Thanatology:Death, Dying andAssociation for death Education andCounselingBereavementRegistered Social Worker Social Workers Registration BoardCurrent community service1. Committee member, Education Committee, Hong Kong Social WorkersAssociation2. Committee member, Service Development Committee, The Comfort, CareConcern GroupTitle of the PhD dissertation1. A Clinical Data Mining Study of the Psychosocial Status of Chinese Cancer Patients inPalliative CareFavorite bookFrankl, V. E. (2006). Man’s search for meaning. Boston : Beacon Press.

Publications1. Chan, W.C.H., Tin, A.F., Chan, C.H.Y., & Chan, C.L.W (in press). Introducing the 8Amodel in death education training: promoting planning for end-of-life care for Hong KongChinese. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 18(1).2. Chan, W. C. H. & Chan, C. L. W. (in press). Can personal resources make a difference? Anexploratory study of Chinese cancer patients in Hong Kong. Journal of Social Work in Endof-LifeCare.3.Chan, W.C.H., & Chan, C.L.W. (in press). Acceptance of spousal death: meaning searchingin time of bereaved older adults. Death Studies.4. Chan, W.C.H., Epstein, I., Reese, D., & Chan, C.L.W. (2009). Family predictors ofpsychosocial outcomes among Hong Kong Chinese cancer patients in palliative care: livingand dying with the “support paradox”. Social Work in Health Care, 48(5), 519-532.5. . Chan, C.L.W., Chan, C.H.Y., Tin, A.F., Chan, W.C.H., & Ng, P.O.K. (2009). InCelebration of Life: A self-help journey on preparing a good death and living with loss andbereavement. Hong Kong: Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong.6. Chan, W.C.H., Tse, H.S., and Chan, T.H.Y. (2006). What is Good Death: Bridging the Gapbetween Research and Intervention. In C.L.W. Chan, and A.M.Y. Chow (eds.), Death, Dyingand Bereavement: A Hong Kong Experience (pp.127-138). Hong Kong: Hong KongUniversity Press.List of papers published in conference proceedings1. Chan, C.L.W., Chan, W.C.H., Ho, A.H.Y., Leung, E.K.T., & Wong, V. (2008, 11-13 thDecember, 2008). Dedication to preserve dignity in end-of-life care—Transforming illnessand death into a healing process of becoming whole for patients and family members(abstract). Paper presented at the conference, Frontiers in Medical and Health SciencesEducation: Making Doctors Human, Institute of Medical and Health Sciences education, LiKa Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.2. Chan, W.C.H. (2008, 25 th July). When confronted by death and dying: what personalresources can make a difference for Chinese advanced cancer patients in palliative care?(abstract). Paper presented at the 5 th Biennial International Conference on Personal Meaning:Living well and dying well, International Network on Personal Meaning, Canada.

3. Chan, W.C.H., Chan, C.L.W., and Epstein, I. (2008, 22 nd February). Universal or culturallyspecific: The role of family in the psychosocial outcome of Hong Kong Chinese cancerpatients in palliative care (abstract). Paper presented at the Social Work Research andPractice: Diversity and Inequality at End of life Colloquium, The University of Sydney,Australia.4. Chan, W. C. H. (2007). A Clinical Data Mining Study of the Psychosocial Status ofChinese Cancer Patients in Palliative care. Unpublished Doctoral dissertation, TheUniversity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong5. Chan, W.C.H., Lau, K.S., Yeung, E.W.F., and Chan, C.L.W. (2006, 10-14 th December).Physical and Psychosocial Determinants of a Good Death: A Clinical Data Mining Study ofChinese Cancer Patients in Palliative Care. Paper presented in Fifth InternationalConference of Social Work in Health & Mental Health (10-14 th December, 2006).6. Chan, W.C.H., Wong, Y.H., and Ho, K.W. (2006, 23 rd September). Retrospection andIntrospection: the Experience of Medical Social Workers in reintegration Patients into theCommunity (abstract). Proceedings in the Symposium on Community Engagement II:“Building a Successful Partnership in Community Care”. Hong Kong East Cluster, HospitalAuthority.7. Chan, W.C.H., Tse, H.S., Siu, W.Y., and Tse, K.K., Lau, Y.Y., Chung, W.Y. (2006).Supporting the Caregivers of Stroke Patients: Exploring the Emotional Distress and thePerceived Usefulness of Medical Social Work Intervention (abstract). Proceedings in HongKong East and Hong Kong West Clusters Joint Rehabilitation Scientific Conference2005/2006.8. Chan, W.C.H., and Chan, C.L.W. (2006). Does it Hurt to Face the Reality—Insight onPrognosis, Anxiety, and Quality of Communication in Patients with Terminal Cancer(abstract). Proceedings of Research Postgraduate Conference, 2006, University of Kong.9. Chan, W. C. H., Lau, K. S., Chow, A. M. Y., & Yeung, E. W. F. (2005, 8-10th December).Patients' anxiety in their early days with palliative care: A project of clinical data mining.Paper presented at the 12th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, Hong Kong10. Chan, W. C. H. (2005c, 16-19th March). Good death and good life: We need both for goodbereavement. Paper presented at the 6th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference, Seoul, Korea.11. Chan, C.L.W. and Chan, W.C.H. (2005). How to assist older adults to face the death ofspouse: research implications for frontline service. Paper published in bereavement manualof SAGE, Hong Kong (6-15). Hong Kong: SAGE. (In Chinese)12. Chan, W.C.H. (2004, 10-12 th November). Search for Meaning in Life: A temporalPerspective of Bereaved Older Adults (abstract). Paper presented in 11 th Hong KongInternational Cancer Congress, Hong Kong.

13. Chan, W.C.H. (2004, 10-12 th November). Perception of Good Death: How does it AffectEnd-of-life Care Decisions? (abstract). Paper presented in 11 th Hong Kong InternationalCancer Congress, 10-12, Hong Kong.14. Chan, W.C.H. (2003, 2 nd -6 th December). The Meaning in Life of Bereaved Chinese Elders:Can Post-traumatic Growth Be Experienced? Paper presented in the Social WorkSymposium: Knowledge, Practice, and Research in Chinese Societies—Challenges Ahead,Hong Kong.15. Chan, W.C.H. (2003, 19 th -21 st November). Bereavement in Old Age: The Meaning ofDeath and Meaning in Life (abstract). Paper presented at the 10 th Hong Kong InternationalCancer Congress, Hong Kong.