2021; Volume 22, No 11, November

Enthusiasm of the ATLANTES team for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day was evident! Photo used with permission.

Members’ Impact

Two articles by the ATLANTES Global Palliative Care Observatory, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra were published in September.

The first article, Adaptation and Continuous Learning: Integrative review of coping strategies of palliative care professionals, published in Palliative Medicine, explores the coping challenges faced by palliative care professionals. The aim of the study was to synthesize evidence of coping strategies in palliative care professionals, and how different strategies play roles over time. Four main strategies were identified.

The second article, Population’s Potential Accessibility to Specialized Palliative Care Services: A comparative study in three European countries, was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The study compares populations' driving time to specialized palliative care services in three countries: Ireland, Spain, and Switzerland.

IAHPC Board Member Dr. Chitra Venkateswaran, from the Mehac Foundation and the Department of Psychiatry, Believers Church Medical College, Tiruvalla, contributed to several articles on the impact of COVID-19 in India.

Dr. Venkateswaran is part of a group of 31 authors of the article Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Workers in India & Their Perceptions on the Way Forward—A qualitative study in the Indian Journal of Medical Research in September. The article explores how health care workers around the globe have experienced psychosocial challenges related to their work, family relationships, personal well-being, and health care workers’ experiences of stigma related to COVID-19.

Along with Odette Spruijt (an IAHPC Advocacy Focal Point), Sunitha Daniel, Shoba Nair, former IAHPC Board Member Mhoira Leng, and 10 others, Dr. Venkateswaran coauthored Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 in the Context of Palliative Care—A quick review published in the Indian Journal of Palliative Care in June. The review assesses physical and psycho-socio-spiritual symptoms, complex medical decision-making, end-of-life care issues, grief and bereavement, and needs to be integrated into the pathway of care provision in COVID-19. Palliative care, the authors state, has much to offer in alleviating serious health-related suffering.

In Reimagining Community Mental Health Care Services: Case study of a need based biopsychosocial response initiated during pandemic, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry in October, Dr. Venkateswaran and colleagues presents “a flexible, need-based biopsychosocial response” to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities.

Members in This Month’s Newsletter

The IAHPC leadership would like to thank the many members who participated in stories and columns in this month’s newsletter.

Policy & Advocacy

• Emmanuel Luyirika (Uganda), member since 2012, participated in the COVID-19 briefing notes.
• M.R. Rajagopal (India) lifetime member, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition and participated in the COVID-19 briefing notes.
• María Adelaida Córdoba (Colombia) has been a member since 2016.
• Stephen Connor member (United States), member since 2009, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition, participated in the COVID-19 briefing notes and survey.
• Billy Rosa (United States) member since 2020 and participated in the COVID-19 briefing notes.
• Harjot Singh Birgi (India) has been a member since 2020.
• Odette Spruijt (Australia), member since 2009, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition.
• Rachel Coghlan (Australia) is a representative of the Palliative Care Australia, a lifetime member.

Grants in Action

• Eric Nagaonlé Somé (Burkina Faso) has been a member since 2020.
• Vilma Tripodoro (Argentia), member since 2009, supported the Global Consensus-Based Palliative Care Definition.
• Zee Nee Lim (Malaysia) has been a member since 2021.
• Ahmed Mahmoud Kassab (Lebanon) and Farah Demichkieh (Lebanon) are representatives of SANAD—The Home Hospice Organization of Lebanon, a member since 2010.

LMIC Learning Opportunity

• Harjot Singh Birgi (India) has been a member since 2020.

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

• Munkombwe Wisdom (Zambia) has been a member since 2020.
• Obangjungla Obangjungla (India) has been a member since 2019.

Featured Story

• Gulnara Kunirova (Kazakhstan) has been a lifetime member since 2015.

Meet Our Lifetime Members

• Porter Storey (United States) has been a lifetime member since 2002.

List of Members

A list of individuals who joined, or renewed their membership with, IAHPC during the past month.

Membership renewals

New members

See the full list of IAHPC members

Do you have any questions regarding membership issues?

Contact Ms. Genevieve Napier

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