Partners In Compassion

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Recipient of research awards, the Lloyd Jones Collins Award 2011 and the CFPC Family Medicine Resident Award for Scholarship 2011.

A 30 minute documentary film that features the impact and challenges of the international palliative care twinning project – Partners in Compassion.

Twinning is a collaboration between two different communities to achieve mutual benefits through a common vision. In recent years, twinning has been adopted within palliative care to share knowledge and skills in order to positively shape the quality of end-of-life care in the world. Partners in Compassion is a pilot project between the Nanaimo hospice community in Canada and the Bhaktapur palliative care community in Nepal. The objective of this qualitative research study & film is to explore and raise awareness of the impact of this partnership on both participating communities and describe the barriers to good palliative care practices in Nepal.

Directors: Venetia Mah & Richard Tran
Producer: Venetia Mah
Cinematography: Richard Tran
Editors: Venetia Mah & Richard Tran
Sound Mixing: Richard Tran

Featuring (alphabetically): Diena Abdurahman, Churramani Bhusal, Deepak Raj Bhusal, Lisa Engel, Dr. Dipendra Khatiwada, Deirdre Love, Dr. Robin Love, Balaram Nyachhon, Deepak Nyachhon, Januka Thapa, Lahar Shrestha, Laxmi Shrestha, Dr. Sudip Shrestha, Leslie Sundby; Writings of: Drs. Venetia Mah and Sameer Timilsina

Special thanks and acknowledgement: Dr. Robin Love, Deirdre Love, Dr. Stephen Beerman, Dr. Kathryn King, Dr. Sameer Timilsina, Dr. Rajan Vaidya, Dr. Chadani Vaidya, Lisa Ripka, Ryan Uchman; Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital, Nanaimo Community Hospice Society, Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, University of British Columbia Postgraduate Family Practice Residency Program