We are delighted to announce the second Cohort of The International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative (LDI). Cohort 2 will run for two years from January 2012 to December 2013. The LDI is for palliative care physicians who wish to develop critical leadership knowledge, skills and behaviors that will help them to advance palliative care capacity locally, nationally and internationally. The ultimate goal of the LDI is to increase world-wide access to excellent palliative care for those who need it. Through three (3) residential courses (2 weeks in February 2012; 1 week in November 2012 and 1 week in November 2013),.