Our lead photo is a composite of IAHPC’s full board as of January 2023. Learn more about the 10 newest members, who joined this year, in the News section. The board comprises: (top row, L-R) Chair Lukas Radbruch, Roberto Wenk, Executive Director Liliana De Lima, Alejandra Palma, Barry Ashpole, Ebtesam Ahmed; (middle row) Felicia Knaul, Gulnara Kunirova, Hanan Saca-Hazboun, Hibah Osman, Kim Adzich, Maria Cigolini, Mary Callaway; (bottom row) Maya Jane Bates, Natalie Greaves, Stella Mwari Rithara, Veronica Dussel, Victoria Hewitt, and William Farr.

Dear Readers Lukas and Liliana on changes this new year, and a hint of exciting IAHPC projects to come.
Letters to the Editor Parting words from some outgoing board members.
Policy & Advocacy Preparations are afoot for several high-level meetings attended by Katherine Pettus and her team of Advocacy Focal Points. Care to join?
Plus: Mapping Our Advocacy—see where Katherine Pettus & her team of Advocacy Focal Points participated in, or led, regional & global advocacy events in 2022.
IAHPC News
- IAHPC’s 2023 Board: Meet our new members.
- Our new logo, and why we chose it.
- Tidbits Katherine Pettus has a new role with the PHPCI, and upcoming notables.
- Reader Recommended Ira Byock’s “Hierarchy of Human Caring” pyramid.
- What’s New in the IAHPC Calendar.
Grants in Action What I Learned: Reports from IAHPC Scholars who attended the McGill Palliative Care Congress.
Featured Story Gulnara Kunirova: Why She Believes in Miracles.
Lessons from the Literature Under My Microscope Tania Pastrana’s column in 2023 will present updates on current IAHPC research.
Introducing... Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice, Kuwait.
Membership Matters

Meet New Lifetime Members: Dr. Justin Woods, USA; Dr. Neil Nijhawan, UAE.
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Palliative Care in Neurological Conditions
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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.
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