Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Recovery from Burnout or Compassion Fatigue

January 2025

View this resource in context: Communications with Patients and Families → Communication Pearls → Newsletters

End of Life and Bereavement → End of Life Conversations → Newsletters

End of Life and Bereavement → Compassion Fatigue and Burnout → Newsletters

End of Life and Bereavement → Grieving → Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Effective RX for CINV and MBO: Do We Really Need So Many Drugs?

February 2025

View this resource in context: Pain and Symptom Management → Palliative Care - General → Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

The Special Pains Breast Cancer Can Cause

March 2025

View this resource in context: Pain and Symptom Management → Palliative Care - General → Newsletters

Pain and Symptom Management → Pain Management - Integrative Medicine → Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO with Dr. Molly Collins, FACP, FAAHPM

What to Do and Say When Time is Very Short… with Dr. Molly Collins, FACP, FAAHPM

May 2024

View this resource in context: End of Life and Bereavement → End of Life Conversations → Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO with Dr. Alexis Drutchas and Dallas Ducar, NP, FAAN

Caring for LGBTQ+ Patients

June 2025

View this resource in context: Special Topics → LGBTQ+ Patients → Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

What’s New in Palliative Care? ASCO 2025 Highlights

July 2025

View this resource in context: Pain and Symptom Management → Palliative Care - General → Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO with Dr. Sharon Bober

The Sexual Health Conversation Patients Wish You’d Start: Insights from Dr. Sharon Bober

September 2025

View this resource in context: Special Topics → Discussing Sexuality → Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

What’s New in Supportive Oncology for Patients with Breast Cancer

October 2025

View this resource in context: Pain and Symptom Management → Palliative Care - General → Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Mind over Matter: How Hypnosis and Virtual Reality Can Help Patients with Cancer

November 2025

View this resource in context: Pain and Symptom Management → Virtual Reality → Newsletters

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: What Insights It Can Offer Patients with Cancer

December 2025

View this resource in context: Pain and Symptom Management → Psychedelic Assisted Therapy → Newsletters

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About Dr. Abrahm

Janet Abrahm, MD is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is among the founders of Palliative Care in the United States and the author of four comprehensive books on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. Dr. Abrahm is a former practicing oncologist who created the Palliative Care Service at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over 20 years’ ago. She is an award-winning clinician and educator and continues to practice palliative care at Dana Farber.

Dr. Abrahm's Book

Dr. Abrahm is the author of four comprehensive editions  on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer, the first published in 2000 and the latest in 2022.

Her extensive work offers oncologists and other oncology and palliative care clinicians a place to turn to find the most up-to-date evidence-based practices, resources, and practical advice on how to care for patients across the full range of issues they will experience during their illness.