Membership Benefits

Thank you for your interest in learning more about the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS).

IPOS is currently changing its online processing system. Only a PDF hard copy membership application is currently available. The online IPOS Membership Application and online dues renewal will become available in January 2010.

IPOS is a multidisciplinary group of professionals working in the field of psychosocial and behavioral oncology, caring for patients with cancer.  First organized in 1984, both the membership and leadership of the group has evolved to reflect the full range of disciplines that are involved with clinical care, research, teaching and advocacy for patients with cancer, and their families.

• Access to an international network of professionals in the areas of oncology, psychiatry, psychology, nursing, social work and clergy;
• Opportunity to subscribe, for reduced members-only rates, to the official journal of IPOS, Psycho-Oncology, twelve annual issues (approximately 85% off the regular personal subscription rate), published by John Wiley & Sons and edited by Jimmie C. Holland MD and Maggie Watson PhD;
• Reduced rates for conferences and symposia supported by IPOS, including the World Congress of Psycho-Oncology;
• Access to the members-only Web site, including online membership directory for up-to-date member contact information;
• Your name and contact information included in the online directory of members;
• Opportunity to pose research or clinical questions and receive online e-mail feedback from IPOS members via an online discussion forum (listserv);
• Opportunity to subscribe, for reduced members-only rates, to other journals that may be of interest: Palliative and Supportive Care, (four annual issues, published by Cambridge University Press and edited by William Breitbart MD, Harvey Max Chochinov MD, Simon Wein MBBS, FRACP and Donna Cassetta MFA); Journal of Cancer Survivorship (four annual issues, published by Springer and edited by Michael Feuerstein PhD, MPH);
• Free membership in the Psycho-Oncology Group of the World Psychiatric Association (must complete the WPA Group Application Form);
• Access to a multilingual psychosocial oncology curriculum;
• Participation in cross-cultural research initiatives and surveys regarding clinical practice and research;
• Access to online information about research and clinical training programs, support for training opportunities, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines;
• Opportunity to suggest and organize liaisons to organizations in the various supportive care disciplines that have a mission for providing psychosocial care to cancer patients and their families;
• Opportunity to propose and participate in health care policy initiatives through IPOS to improve psychosocial care at an international level;
• Opportunity to serve on IPOS committees to influence the international efforts in education and research that IPOS can uniquely undertake; and
• Annual certificate of membership suitable for framing.