2020; Volume 21, No 12, December

Table of Contents

• Message from the Chair and Executive Director  There has been much to be thankful for during this difficult year.
• Policy and Advocacy  A civil society dialogue with the WHO on palliative care and the COVID-19 response draws over 250 people.
• IAHPC News & Calendar
  • Congratulations to Asociacion Panameña de Cuidados Paliativos (Panama Association of Palliative Care), our 2020 Loyalty Recognition Award winner.
  • Membership Award winner asks that prize money be used to fund a Traveling Scholar.
  • 20% off your IAHPC membership until Dec. 31!
  • IAHPC rated a “Great Nonprofit”
  • Our Global Directory: Pie chart shows geographic makeup
  • Great idea!  A book by patients shares their favorite things.
  • Reminder  COVID-19 briefing notes & webinars a lasting resource
  • In other news  Applications open for fellowship for online program tailored to PC managers; Keralty earns awards for excellence.
  • What’s new in the calendar
• Grants in Action  What can a virtual congress do for you, your team, your students, your patients? Our Traveling Scholars tell you, in their reports on the EAPC World Congress.
• Featured Story  Dr. Dingle Spence relates the Jamaica experience of cannabis, a plant used as medicine for hundreds of years.
• IAHPC Book Reviews  

  Palliative Care Book of the Month INTEGRATED PALLIATIVE CARE OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE. 2^nd ed.  The integration of the ethos, knowledge and skills of palliative care for patients with progressive respiratory disease.

  DEATH IS BUT A DREAM: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life’s End  About pre-death dreams, written for patients and caregivers, but raising interesting questions for us.

  CHAPLAINS AS PARTNERS IN MEDICALDECISION-MAKING: Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy  Some case studies to emphasise the importance of the role of chaplains in medical decision making.

  PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE: A Clinical Guide  Every aspect of care for pregnancies in which there is a life-limiting fetal condition.

  NEONATAL PALLIATIVE CARE FOR NURSES  Covers both perinatal and neonatal palliative care.

  CARING FOR THE FAMILY CAREGIVER: Palliative Care Communication and Health Literacy  A family caregiver typology identifying four distinctive kinds of caregiving.

• Lessons from the Literature

  Under My Microscope  Orphan symptoms and their impact on quality of life is highlighted in this month’s selection by IAHPC Research Adviser Tania Pastrana.

  Media Watch: General Practitioners  Primary care physicians’ issues are the focus of this month’s list of articles selected by Barry Ashpole.

• Membership Matters
  • IAHPC Members: Who are they? A snapshot in pie chart form.
  • Members’ Impact celebrates your successes. This month: a monograph on 2 pandemics, and the first nurse in Palestine with a PhD in palliative care.
• List of Donors

Alison Ramsey
Senior Editor

Katherine Pettus
PhD, Advisor

Liliana de Lima
MHA, Executive Director

Danilo Fritzler
Webmaster

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