Table of Contents

• Message from the Chair and Executive Director  Lukas and Liliana on the impact of armed conflicts on health care, and a study whose results undercut arguments for euthanasia and PAS.
• Cynthia Goh, 1949-2022  A tribute to Dr. Goh: a tireless advocate instrumental in establishing palliative care in Singapore and beyond.
• Policy & Advocacy  Advocacy advances in a nutshell: much happened in February!
• Grants in Action  IAHPC Scholars report on their experiences at IAPCON 2022.
• IAHPC News
  • Free Webinar series to advance Lancet Commission recommendations on PC.
  • Module 4 of IAHPC Advocacy Course online in March.
  • Getting Started has been translated into Greek.
  • Reminder: April deadline looms for scholarship applicants to Bruges conference.
  • Top 10 Pallipedia searches
  • What’s New in the IAHPC Calendar
  • New Listings in the IAHPC Global Directories
• Member & other news  Roadmaps for PC in Kazakhstan are underway; UHC is theme of World Health Day; videos for PC trainers; a virtual health symposium on PC; ICPCN short courses on pediatric care; CAPC calculator updated; APHN book combines art and self-care; To the Unknown God reaps multiple film awards.
• Featured Story  Latin America, this is your opportunity! Spain’s palliative care provider, CUDECA [short for cuidados del cancer], expands in a big way into palliative care training.
• Profile of a Palliative Care Pioneer  Dr. Douglas Bridge on spirituality in palliative care and life with Parkinson’s disease.
• Book Reviews  Palliative and Serious Illness Patient Management for Physician Assistants, reviewed by Madonna R. Bacorro. Also, a new edition of Palliative Care Perspectives is released, plus Roger Woodruff’s review of the original.
• Lessons from the Literature

  Under My Microscope  Continuous deep sedation: does it shorten life? IAHPC Research Advisor Dr. Tania Pastrana’s selected article begins to answer the question.

  Media Watch  Barry Ashpole selects articles from his weekly report, Media Watch.

• Membership Matters
  • One member’s story: Winifred Otoo, from Ghana.
  • Members’ Impact
  • Members in This Month’s Newsletter
  • New & Renewing Members’ List
• Last Month’s Donors

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