All media requests should be directed to the Academy’s Agency of Record, Motion, Inc.

If you are a reporter, please also email your request to Senior Director, Marketing and Membership, Emily Muse, at [email protected]. Please be sure to include details about your request and your deadline in your message.

For general inquiries or if you would like to learn more about the specialty of hospice and palliative care, please contact AAHPM Member Services at [email protected].

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Read the Most Read articles of the March issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM), the official journal of AAHPM.

These were the the Most Read articles of the March issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM), the official journal of AAHPM. The Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome: A Review of the Implications, Etiology, and Treatments Leon Margolin, MD, PhD, Doris K. Cope, MD, Rachel Bakst-Sisser, MD, Joshua Greenspan, MD Opioids in renal failure …

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Read the Most Read articles of the February issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM), the official journal of AAHPM.

Read the Most Read articles of the February issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM), the official journal of AAHPM. Stories of cancer pain: a historical perspective Michelle Winslow, PhD, Jane Seymour, RGN, PhD, David Clark, PhD J. Randall Curtis’s Legacy and Scientific Contributions to Palliative Care in Critical Care Elizabeth Dzeng, …

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Join AAHPM Giving Circle

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is known for bringing healthcare providers together to advance the field of hospice and palliative care by enhancing learning, cultivating knowledge and innovation, strengthening workforce, and advocating for public policy. Through AAHPM’s collective voice, we are able to help our members achieve more for the field and …

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Elevating Patient and Caregiver Voices using PRO-PMs for Palliative Care

By Eric Goodlev, MD, and the AAHPM Quality Committee For Hospice and Palliative Care (HAPC) professionals, stories matter. We are a narrative community, driven to truly understand what matters most to patients and families along their journey with serious illness. In creating therapeutic alliance, we spend our time working to ensure that our patients are …

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Reflections on Community: 2021 NPCRC Foley Retreat

Submitted by Natalie C. Ernecoff, PhD, MPH 2020 AAHPM Research Scholar Recipient It has been a hard year, and the path forward remains uncertain — but we believe we will find a path. That was the conclusion of Sean Morrison’s welcome to the 2021 NPCRC Foley Retreat. With particular poignance as some emerge from a year …

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Quarterly Editorial Board Response to a Letter to the Editor

The editorial board of AAHPM Quarterly received a letter to the editor regarding the “Let’s Think About It Again” column in the Winter 2020 edition.   The content of this column was framed around a clinical case of a patient with small-cell lung cancer and active heroin intravenous drug use (IVDU), with the intention of bringing …

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Giving to the Future

AAHPM recently received a contribution that will greatly assist us in fulfilling our mission of advancing hospice and palliative care by enhancing learning and strengthening the HPM workforce.    In May of 2020 a donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, gave a generous contribution of $200,000 to the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine …

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57 Individuals Earn 2020 FAAHPM Designation

AAHPM shares a hearty “congratulations” to the 57 individuals who met the qualifications and earned the 2020 Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (FAAHPM) status designation. We are proud of the work that you do and thank you for your dedication to AAHPM. Please help us in congratulating the following individuals: …

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Celebrate a Day of Giving and Support the Academy

Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving to start off the charitable season.  Join AAHPM on December 1 to support the Academy. Please visit aahpm.org/about/donate for more information on where your dollars can make an impact. The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine’s core purpose is to improve the care of patients with …