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JPSM Update—A New Look for 2018

The covers for the 2018 issues of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM) will feature the Right, before I die images of artist Andrew George, who spent 2 years interviewing and photographing men and women who revealed their secrets to leading a fulfilling life. “I believe it takes real courage to accept that everything we see as so vital and integral to our lives will vanish,” George said. “Some of us will have the fortitude to go beyond the fear of our mortality and confront this unknown journey bravely. These portraits convey my admiration of men and women who faced a premature or impending death and did so with acceptance and peace.”

The January cover features Josefina, who shared with George, “Life is the waiting room to death. We are just passing by because you already know that since we are born we are going to die and we have a specific day and we don’t know when or where or how—I feel calm, at ease, because I already know I am going, so every night I tell God, ‘You know what you are doing’ I’m not scared of dying; I already lived many happy years.”