Congratulations to the first place winner of the 2023 IAHPC Photo Contest, Abhijit Dam.
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Why? This is why.
For when friends & family ask, “Why do you what you do?”
Palliative care is the active holistic care of individuals across all ages with serious health-related suffering due to severe illness and especially of those near the end of life. It aims to improve the quality of life of patients, their families, and their caregivers.
Palliative care is also a vocation, a calling. It is a privilege and an honor to care for people at this stage of life.
- Dear Readers Year-end hopes, wishes, and reminders. Please spread word of the work that we do and, if you can, join our list of donors!
- Policy & Advocacy Katherine Pettus on IAHPC’s presence at global meetings, opportunities for positive change.
- Special Reports Two reports from the Kenya National Palliative Care Conference: a quick overview by the conference organizer, KEHPCA; and leadership shown by nurses, by Stella Rithara. Also, a report from the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association Conference, by IAHPC Focal Point Monica Do Coutti.
- IAHPC News
- See the winning photos of IAHPC’s 2023 Photo Contest.
- IAHPC is rated a top nonprofit, again!
- Reminders Dec. 31 deadline for Recognition Awards nominations/applications; Dec. 15 deadline to apply for an IAHPC Scholarship to attend the Latin America congress.
- New year, new newsletter: the IAHPC Newsletter will take a break in January, reformatting in order to modernize and meet economic realities.
- Tidbits WHO framework for building climate-resilient health systems; monthly “grief chats” in Canada.
- What’s New in the IAHPC Calendar.
- Featured Story The Metrics of Suffering, by IAHPC Board Chair Lukas Radbruch.
- Book reviews
- Hope for the Best, Plan for the Rest: 7 Keys for Navigating a Life-Changing Diagnosis, reviewed by Frank Brennan.
- The Role of the Family Physician in Older People Care, reviewed by Romayne Gallagher.
- Lessons from the Literature On My Radar A sampling of Barry Ashpole’s Literature Search #8.
- Membership Matters New & Renewing Members’ List
- Last Month’s Donors
Editorial committee
Alison Ramsey
Senior Editor
Katherine Pettus
Senior Advocacy and Partnerships Director
Liliana de Lima
Executive Director
Danilo Fritzler
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