IAHPC Hospice Palliative Care News Digest, August 2022
This image is from a video created as the summary findings of IAHPC member Dr. Mary Jane Bates’s PhD dissertation. Illustrated by Emily Mills, the video premiered at the 2022 EAPC Research Awards. Used with permission. Copyright: Mary Jane Bates. Table of ContentsDear Readers An amazing intervention & an unhappy truth: we need your support now more […]
IAHPC Hospice Palliative Care News Digest, July 2022
Marcus, born with a rare genetic skin condition, is a beneficiary of palliative care at Kimbilio Hospice in Uasin Gishu, Kenya. This photo, by Howard Kinyua from Nairobi, Kenya, was submitted to the 2021 IAHPC Photo Contest. Start take photos now to prepare for the next contest, in 2023! Used with permission. Table of Contents […]
IAHPC Hospice Palliative Care News Digest, June 2022
Orquidea Tamayo Mortera of New Zealand submitted this photo of her 102-year-old Mexican great-grandmother, Elvira, with great-grandson Itzae, to last year’s IAHPC Photo Contest. Though Elvira was at the end of life and living with severe dementia, “she became alive when the baby was put in her arms. As a good native Mexican she put […]
IAHPC Hospice Palliative Care News Digest, May 2022
Pallium India is one of IAHPC’s trio of Institutional Award winners. Learn about them all in the IAHPC News section. Photo used with permission. Table of Contents Dear Readers Executive Director Liliana De Lima and Board Chair Lukas Radbruch introduce IAHPC’s annual report, now online. Policy & Advocacy How climate friendly is palliative care? wonders Senior Advocacy […]
IAHPC Hospice Palliative Care News Digest, March 2022
Table of Contents Message from the Chair and Executive Director Lukas and Liliana on the impact of armed conflicts on health care, and a study whose results undercut arguments for euthanasia and PAS. Some of the IAPCON IAHPC Scholars Tribute to Cynthia Goh, 1949-2022 A tribute to Dr. Goh: a tireless advocate instrumental in establishing palliative care […]
IAHPC Hospice Palliative Care News Digest, February 2022
Table of Contents Dr. Derek Doyle A Personal Message Executive Director Liliana De Lima shares fond memories of Dr. Derek Doyle. Dr. Derek Doyle, 1931-2022 A short biography and remembrances of the influential, humble, and kind Dr. Derek Doyle, one of IAHPC’s three cofounders. Policy & Advocacy January was a busy month of online meetings, reported on by […]
IAHPC Hospice Palliative Care News Digest, January 2022
What cannot be seen is important still. This issue features two moving photos submitted to the IAHPC Photo Contest by Lailatul Ferdous, of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The nurse, above, is applying henna even though the patient cannot see it, because she can feel it and is comforted by this everyday activity that she is no […]
IAHPC Hospice Palliative Care News Digest, December 2021
“At the pain management and palliative care centre all doctors speak gently to me! They give me the courage and strength not to give up. I trust them.” Photo by Christina Vazou, in Greece, submitted to the IAHPC Photo Contest. Used with permission. Table of Contents Message from the Executive Director An end-of-year message. Policy […]
Module 2 of IAHPC Advocacy Course is now available!
Module Two of the IAHPC Palliative Care Advocacy, Member Education Series, “Access to essential medicines: normative, historical & policy context”, is now available on the IAHPC website. Due to the amount of content associated with this rather technical topic, we decided to split it and also address advocacy for medicines in Module Three, which will […]
IAHPC Hospice Palliative Care News Digest, November 2021
On World Hospice and Palliative Care Day in Kazakhstan, 30 hospice support project volunteers celebrated by hiking to the Zaili mountains’ landmark—the Medeu Mudflow Control Dam. Table of Contents Message from the Chair & Executive Director Lukas and Liliana explain that the number of longtime funders of palliative care is shrinking, and describe why your membership or donation is essential. […]