Editor’s Notes

I would like to thank the IAHPC Board members listed below who contributed articles to this newsletter during the past year. Your contributions provided a grass-roots perspective of the accomplishments and challenges of palliative care as it is practiced in your regions - it was most welcome. I would also like to thank our colleagues from around the world who also contributed in many ways to this publication.

I hope that our newsletter provides a balance of information useful to a diverse audience of hospice/palliative care workers who are dedicated to making a difference for those with life limiting illnesses and their families. I welcome your comments and contributions as we provide a snapshot of the global effort in progress.

The IAHPC Board Members who contributed to this Newsletter in 2010 are:

Our regular monthly contributors:

Dr. Roberto Wenk and Liliana De Lima for their Message of the Chair and Executive Director

Dr. Carla Ripamonti for the Article of the Month

Dr. Roger Woodruff for the Book of the Month and Other Reviews

Contributions of regional interest and updates on their activities:

Dr. Derek Doyle, Scotland

Dr. Stein Kaasa, Norway

Dr. Pesach Shvartzman, Israel

Dr. M.R.Rajagopal, India

Dr. Gian Domenico Borasio, Germany

Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, Africa

Dr. Frank D. Ferris, USA

Dr. Geoffrey Hanks, England

Dr. David Currow, Australia

Dr. Scott Murray, Scotland

Dr. KS Chan, Hong Kong

Dr. Michael Bennett, England

Others who have contributed regularly are Dr Paulina Taboada who authors our Ethics Page and Dr Richard Stevens, Project Manager, NHS Evidence - supportive and palliative care who shares their vast literature database with our readers. Finally, I thank Anne Laidlaw, our webmaster, who takes my meagre offerings each month and presents them well on the Internet.

Thank you all. I wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year!

William Farr, Editor and Vice-Chair