Thank you Holly Yang, MD for your inspiring leadership and dedication to the Academy this past year as president. We are grateful for all you do, and all you have done for the Academy! #hapc24

Its our Editorial Board meeting later today. What feedback do you have for us as a journal? What would you like to see us focus on? What could we do better? What might we be doing well? Do let us know!

"The road ahead is long, but so it the road behind us; #PalliativeCare has come a long way since 2004!" Partners committed to making greater impact in the next 20yrs to reduce suffering 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA jim cleary Barbara Hastie Hospice Ethiopia UK @NHPCO_news Michelle Meiring Union for International #CancerControl

As your patient nears the end of life, take a moment to thank the person beside them. The spouse, the daughter, the son, the friend. Tell them how lucky your patient has been to have them beside them. What a gift it is to not walk through illness alone.

The cancer center’s Jim F. Cleary (jim cleary), MBBS, contributed to the ASCO guidelines for palliative care for patients with cancer. Learn more: ow.ly/pJxH50Sa1Rx. #ResearchCuresCancer #NCIcomprehensive

Health secretary Wes Streeting on assisted dying and crucially how that interacts with Britain's appalling palliative care service:

APCA & WHO Botswana met to discuss strengthening integration of #PalliativeCare into PHC & the 8th Internat. African Palliative Care Conference 23-26 Sep 2025 Dr Matshidiso Moeti WHO African Region Africa CDC WHO Namibia UN Botswana WHO South Africa WHO Zimbabwe University of Botswana Official Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Hospice UK is sad to hear that Dr Robert Twycross has died. Robert was one of the great pioneers of palliative and hospice care and continued to be a leader in the sector up until his death. We send our condolences to Robert’s family, and his many friends around the world.

One of several activities to commemorate #WHPCD24 in Uganda Read story here t.ly/Q7r7u

A new study by the Mayo Clinic laments that people are still using opioid pain medication, while promoting the myth that most patients haven't already tried other analgesics or pain therapies. #cpp #chronicpain bit.ly/3CbB9Vy

Opioid prescribing has dropped below 1992 levels, while overdose deaths among nonmedical users have skyrocketed, & “pain refugees" search for a doctor willing to treat them. Register here to learn more. CatoHealth cato.org/events/pain-re… #CatoHealth via Cato Institute

I’m entering hospice today. Will probably update every little if at all. But I wanted to say to be kind, be brave, be principled, be an idealist. Most importantly, be a decent human. I love that we existed together, in this moment of time.

Toby Porter, CEO of Hospice UK, responds to the result of today's vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Read the full statement: hospiceuk.org/latest-from-ho…

"AssistedDying works well in Belgium & other countries & improves end of life care" A thread: The announcement of the circumstances of young Alexina Wattiez's death in the press, has caused a shockwave in Belgium & even beyond national borders. At 36 years old, this young 🧵

'The issue is that ​(medical care) can easily morph into a harmful collective delusion where practitioners, patients, and the public act as if death is optional...' Bravo Dr Matt Morgan peter brindley bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Reason why people chose MAiD in Canada 🇨🇦 54-58% of people gave “inadequate pain control” as the reason for seeking to be put to death. Canada would rather kill their own citizens with deadly doses of drugs instead of using effective, safe, approved medications to manage their

The number of people that go bankrupt every year from medical bills: Canada - 0 Australia- 0 France - 0 Sweden - 0 Norway - 0 Spain - 0 Denmark - 0 Portugal - 0 UK - 0 Japan - 0 Finland - 0 Iceland - 0 Germany - 0 United States - 326,000 Nobody wants to be the 51st state.

The overwhelming burden of serious health-related suffering (SHS) in the world is placed on LMICs. 🔴Our latest paper in The The Lancet Global Health provides new SHS estimates that delve into how this burden developed from 1990 to 2021.📊 thelancet.com/journals/langl… Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, APRN Héctor Arreola-Ornelas

Is assisted dying a treatment? This question is not just interesting philosophically - it has important practical implications in terms of clinical practice and law. New BMJ Opinion by Prof Gareth Owen, Prof Alex Ruck Keene and me. Free link bmj.com/cgi/content/fu…

A new review found little evidence that opioid prescribing leads to addiction & overdoses. The author says many patients use opioids “successfully and appropriately,” but have been adversely affected by "misinformation surrounding the use of opioids." bit.ly/46gZF4G