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Milestones for Palliative & Supportive Care

With the publication of Volume 3, Number 4 of our journal, Palliative & Supportive Care, we have reached several important milestones that are noteworthy. I am pleased to say that with this issue, we successfully conclude the third year of publication of our new journal, whose acceptance in the scientific and academic community was not a matter of certitude. We had the idealistic mission of providing an intellectual and journalistic home for that small (but growing) band of academicians around the world who were focusing their work in palliative care, with particular emphasis on the psychiatric, existential, and spiritual aspects of care. We have survived! Our survival is due, in no small part, to the contributions of researchers all around the world who have so graciously and generously submitted their work to us for publication. Palliative & Supportive Care is truly an international journal, with authors from more than 15 countries contributing to the journal these past three years. Our thanks also to our wonderful Editorial Board and dedicated reviewers. I know that I speak on behalf of my coeditors, Drs. Chochinov and Wein, when I say that these three years have been extraordinarily challenging, exciting, and extremely rewarding. However, none of it would be possible without the dedication of our Managing Editor, Donna Cassetta, and the wonderful support of the staff at Cambridge University Press, which publishes our journal.