2019; Volume 20, No 4, April

Table of Contents

• Message from the Chair and Executive Director  Celebrating 23 years of sharing your palliative care news, reports, and expertise in the IAHPC Newsletter.
• Policy and Advocacy  Access to controlled medicines got high-level airtime at key policymaker meetings last month, reports IAHPC Advocacy Officer Dr. Katherine I. Pettus.
• Featured Article  Alzheimer’s disease is a model for palliative care, writes IAHPC Board Member Claudia Burlá.
• IAHPC Grants in Action  IAHPC grants help a hospice in Guatemala double in size, and underwrite a surge of enthusiasm for palliative care in a region of Haiti.
• IAHPC Book Reviews

  Book of the Month

  DYING AT THE MARGINS: Reflections on Justice and Healing for Inner-City Poor  A ‘dialogue between those who live, die, and provide care at the margins.’

  Other Reviews

  • HOSTILITY TO HOSPITALITY: Spirituality and Professional Socialization within Medicine About the importance of spirituality, or lack of it, as part of medical care.
  • SOCIAL WORK IN END-OF-LIFE AND PALLIATIVE CARE  A succinct snapshot of the problems viewed from the perspective of social work.
  • ADULT PALLIATIVE CARE FOR NURSING, HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE  A good primer of palliative care for nurses and other allied health students.
  • PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE  The print edition of a special issue of the open access journal Children, published online in 2018.
  • BODY IMAGE CARE FOR CANCER PATIENTS: Principles and Practice  With an emphasis on psychology, this is about whole-person care, here termed body image care.
• Lessons from the Literature

  Under My Microscope  Red blood cell transfusion in palliative care.

  Media Watch  On Communication

  • Talking with children about life-threatening diseases
  • Discussing EOL care, prognosis, and preferences in advanced cancer
  • Are care staff equipped for EOL communication?
• Announcements
  • IAHPC new Board of Directors bios now online
  • A free course to support caregivers of those with dementia
  • A bilingual (English/French) poster on PC myths is part of Canada’s Hospice Palliative Care Week.
  • Butterfly Hospice in China seeks CEO
  • CAPC website lists job postings in the US
  • Reminder Deadline nears for EUPCA Course
• Resources
  • A white paper provides a guide for methadone use at end of life.
  • Updated WHO guidelines on treating cancer pain.
  • ‘Improving Access to Palliative Care’: a WGO infographic in multiple languages.
  • This month’s additions to the IAHPC Calendar

  Calendar of Events

  Find the workshop, seminar, congress, or conference that speaks to you in the IAHPC Calendar of Events, updated monthly, that lists activities of special interest to those who work in palliative care. Or submit an event for consideration; it’s free!

• Membership Matters
  • Sign up as an institutional member to be eligible for IAHPC’s annual Institutional Award, a $USD2,000 Traveling Scholarship.
  • Meet three Bangladesh Travel Scholarship recipients who attended a Fellowship in Palliative Care program in India.
  • Important reminder 10 May 2019 is the deadline for applications for IAHPC Traveling Scholarships to attend the upcoming APCA and OPCC conferences.

  Reader Recommended

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  Dr. Farzana Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  Do you have a resource that could help others? Send it to the editor: [email protected]

• Donors

  List of Donors

Regards,
Alison Ramsey, Senior Editor
Katherine Pettus, PhD, Advisor
Liliana de Lima, MHA, Executive Director
Danilo Fritzler, Webmaster