Table of Contents

• Message from the Chair and Executive Director  Much to report: Getting Started guidelines, our WHA delegates, WHO guidance on NGOs, and the membership discount.
• Policy & Advocacy  Up-to-the-minute reports by Dr. Katherine Pettus on: the WHO, WHA, the Stakeholder Group on Aging, workshops, and the Zambia Palliative Care Strategy.
• News
  • The Spanish version of IAHPC’s Global Palliative Care Database is now online. La versión en español de la Base de Datos Global de Cuidados Paliativos de la IAHPC ya está en línea.
  • Wow! 20% off all IAHPC memberships until July 31!
  • Our Getting Started guidelines to launching palliative care services in low- and middle-income countries have been updated
  • You could be our Membership Drive Award winner! Here’s now...
  • Reader recommended: One member’s variety of useful and inspiring resources
  • Reminders  Deadlines are approaching for IAHPC Scholarships (June 30) and submissions to our photo contest (August 31).
  • In member news  Watch Over Me is a film that follows caregiving at CanSupport.
  • In other news  Nominate someone you know for “Palliative Care Nurse of the Year”; and check out a new neurology/palliative care organization.
  • What’s New in the IAHPC Calendar
  • What’s new in the IAHPC Global Directory of Education Programs
  • What’s New in the Global Directory of Palliative Care Institutions and Organizations
• Featured Story  Southern Kerala’s experience of mental health & palliative care during the pandemic, by IAHPC Board Member Dr. Chitra Venkateswaran.
• IAHPC Book Reviews  by Dr. Roger Woodruff

  Palliative Care Book of the Month CHALLENGES AND CHOICES FOR PATIENT, CARER AND PROFESSIONAL AT THE END OF LIFE: Living with Uncertainty  A very good discussion about end-of-life care.

  Other Reviews

  • TOUCHING HEARTS, GENTLY! Stories of compassion, comfort and connections beyond medicine  A collection of stories about palliative care.
  • THE INEVITABLE: Dispatches on the Right to Die  Arguments for the wider availability of assisted dying, but I wondered if she was telling the whole truth.
  • PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: An Exploration of Guiding Frameworks for Standards and Salient Factors for its Growth  An exploration of the reasons for the growth in palliative care.
• Lessons from the Literature

  Under My Microscope  IAHPC Research Advisor Dr. Tania Pastrana selects a review of articles on deactivating implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

  Media Watch: Education  Barry Ashpole’s picks on clinical education and public awareness.

• Introducing  Lifetime member Near North Palliative Care Network in Ontario, Canada
• Membership Matters
  • A Deeper Dive: Spotlight on Africa
  • Members’ Impact
  • Members in this month’s Newsletter
  • New & Renewing Members’ List
• List of Donors

Alison Ramsey
Senior Editor

Katherine Pettus
PhD, Advisor

Liliana de Lima
MHA, Executive Director

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Webmaster

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