Table of Contents
- Message from the Chair & Executive Director Why World Hospice and Palliative Care Day matters, and details of a shakeup in the roles of some of the IAHPC team.
- Policy & Advocacy Dr. Katherine Pettus lists the many upcoming events where IAHPC has a presence. Also, an 8-module Introduction to Advocacy course for members, created by Dr. Pettus, kicks off with a freely available overview of palliative care advocacy.
- IAHPC News
- Latin America has achieved significant advances in palliative care, reveals a secondary analysis of ALCP’s Atlases. América Latina ha logrado importantes avances en materia de cuidados paliativos, revela un análisis secundario de los Atlas de la ALCP.
- The list of 30 IAHPC Scholars selected for 3 upcoming conferences.
- Webinar series on children’s palliative care begins Sept. 16
- Winners of our Photo Contest will be announced in the October issue.
- Become an IAHPC book reviewer!
- New terms in Pallipedia & Top 10 searches last month
- What’s new in the IAHPC Calendar
- New listings in the IAHPC global directories
- News from our Partners/Other News
- Pallium India’s Sukh-Dukh Helpline aids callers with emotional distress
- ICPCN and WHPCA’s online toolkits to prepare for “Hats and Masks On for Children’s Palliative Care” and World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
- APHN’s 20th anniversary: a poetry collection written by health care workers on the topic of death, and an opportunity to share your memories
- Also: A Grief Handbook to benefit the South Africa Hospice Association, and free ICU grief training for clinicians now available in French as well as English
- Featured Story IAHPC Board Member Dr. Nahla Gafer describes the journey of one patient in Sudan, and delivers glowing reports from hospital clinicians who took a SANAD course created after interviews with the hospital’s administrators and staff.
- Introducing... Yathu Hospice, Malawi
- IAHPC Book Reviews IAHPC invites those interested in doing book reviews to contact Newsletter Editor Alison Ramsey; a sampling of titles is provided.
- Lessons from the Literature
Under My Microscope IAHPC Research Advisor Dr. Tania Pastrana selects an article on medical management of malignant bowel obstruction.
Media Watch: Nursing Barry Ashpole compiles a selection of articles: a nurse-led telephone PC program, 28 end-of-life care practices endorsed by Australian nurses, and PC nursing in Oman.
- Meet Some of Our Lifetime Members Dr. Jennifer Ong in Australia and Dr. Piyush Gupta in India.
- Membership Matters
- Individual membership breakdown by educational credentials
- 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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