Pallinews: Important IAHPC newsflash, 2 book reviews & tributes to Dr. Twycross

December 19, 2024

IAHPC transitions to focus more on supporting the development of palliative care nationally.
Book Reviews On achieving a good death, and essays by a palliative care leader.
Remembrances of Dr. Robert Twycross.

73% of people

who need hospice and palliative care are in lower-income countries.

Approximately 60 million people

need palliative care; 25 million are at the end of life every year.

18 million people

die in avoidable pain and distress every year.

What is Palliative Care?

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.

Our mission

We serve as a global platform to inspire, inform and empower individuals, governments and organizations to increase access to, and optimize the practice of, palliative care.

Our Vision

Toward a world free from health-related suffering.

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Members are the core supporters of IAHPC’s vision of a world free from health-related suffering. We work together for this shared vision of global palliative care. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our members for their unwavering support.

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Programs

Advocacy Program

Through this program, we work toward increased access to palliative care for all who need it. We focus on the integration of palliative care in policies and strategies as a component of the right to health.

Scholarship Program

The goal of the IAHPC Scholarship Program is to enable palliative care professionals to attend educational events to better equip them to provide quality palliative care.

Highlights

Literature Search: Issue No. 22 (December 2024)

Topic: Education & Training.

2024 Fundraising Campaign

Help us to help others: IAHPC's annual fundraiser is on now until Dec. 31, 2024.

Webinar: International Day of Peace, 2024

Spiritual Care in Serious Illness: Cultivating a Culture of Peace September 21, 2024.

Upcoming Events in the Calendar

Explore the IAHPC calendar of events to find educational events, conferences, and congresses to expand and improve your palliative care skills and knowledge.

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Pallipedia: The Free Online Palliative Care Dictionary

Pallipedia resulted from a strategic plan carried early in 2008 by the IAHPC Board of Directors, who recommended developing and implementing a palliative care specialized online dictionary to improve palliative care knowledge and resources for the global community.

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More Resources

Global Directory of Palliative Care Institutions and Organizations

Institutions, hospices, and organizations that provide palliative and hospice care.

Global Directory of Educational Programs in Palliative Care

Academic institutions that provide education in palliative care.

Global Data Platform to calculate SHS and Palliative Care Need

User friendly global platform data to calculate SHS and Palliative Care Need.

This Holiday Season

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How your gift supports the IAHPC mission

Achieved: $24,941 Goal: $30,000

83%

Education

Your gift funds the operational costs of our online courses taught by globally recognized experts who volunteer their time and provide educational resources relevant to palliative care topics. It also supports scholarships that enable palliative care workers to attend educational events and congresses, and allows us to maintain Pallipedia, the free, live, online dictionary.

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The goal of this pillar is to implement strategies, resources and tools that will improve the competencies of the global workforce for appropriate palliative care delivery. We have two programs under this pillar plus many other resources for our members.

Scholarship Program

Your membership helps us produce, and enables access for those with fewer resources, to the following:

Palliative Care in Neurological Conditions
Comprehensive Basic Pain Assessment and Management
Advanced Pain Assessment and Management
Comprehensive Symptom Assessment and Management
Advocacy for global, regional, and national advocacy for palliative care
Pallipedia: Free, online palliative care dictionary
Special Issue on Assisted Dying Practices by several authors
Some Notes for Physicians Contemplating a Career in Palliative and Person-Centered Care by Eduardo Bruera, MD
Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide: Are they clinically necessary or desirable? by Dr. Roger Woodruff
How to Help our Patients in their Terminal Phase by Wilson Astudillo A. and Carmen Mendinueta A.
Cómo Ayudar a un Enfermo Terminal by Wilson Astudillo A. and Carmen Mendinueta A.
Palliative Care in the Developing World - Principles and Practice by Eduardo Bruera, Liliana De Lima, Roberto Wenk and William Farr

Advocacy

Your gift enables us to build and strengthen the partnerships that accelerate global, regional, and national advocacy for palliative care. We advocate for its integration into primary health care under universal health coverage and effective access to essential palliative care medicines and packages for people of all ages. Your gift supports our work to prepare delegates and participate in technical consultation meetings of the relevant UN organizations.

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The goal this pillar is the integration of palliative care into primary health care within the spectrum of universal coverage to improve access to adequate care for patients in need. We offer the following to our members:

Online Advocacy Course
Mentoring for advocacy to develop palliative care in your country
A chance to join IAHPC delegations to UN and WHO meetings
National association collaboration with IAHPC advocacy initiatives
A chance to apply for the Leadership Development Program (LEAD)

Your membership helps us produce and enables free access to the following resources:

IAHPC Advocacy Policy Briefs
Palliative Care Advocacy Why Does It Matter?
Documents on Human Rights and Access to Medicines and Care

Research

Your gift enables us to continue doing research that provides guidance and recommendations for action, based on responses from the global palliative care community. Such research includes our recent evaluation of the impact of euthanasia and assisted dying practices on palliative care workers and the use of essential medicines for palliative care. It also supports the costs of publications focused on research relevant to palliative care.

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The goal of this pillar is to design and implement projects that lead to the integration of palliative care into health policies, resolutions, and key documents. Our studies help us provide guidance and recommendations, and take action based on the responses from the global palliative care community.

Your membership enables you to participate in IAHPC projects such as the:

Global Palliative Care Database
Consensus-based definition of palliative care
Clinical use of tramadol
Opioid Price Watch
IAHPC List of Essential Practices in Palliative Care in English and Spanish
IAHPC Opioid Essential Prescription Package
IAHPC List of Essential Medicines for Palliative Care (in multiple languages)

Information dissemination

Your gift enables us to continue our in-depth reporting and book reviews in Pallinews, as well as media campaigns that raise awareness about the need to increase access to care and support for patients and families.

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The goal of this pillar is to create and publish positive stories and focused messaging, to support and advance the global palliative care movement.

Your membership allows us to make the following resources available free of charge to the palliative care community:

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