Background
Lichter, Ivan was born on March 14, 1918 in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. Son of Goodman and Sarah (Mierowsky) Lichter.
Lichter, Ivan was born on March 14, 1918 in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. Son of Goodman and Sarah (Mierowsky) Lichter.
Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1940.
He received his secondary education from Grey High School in Portuguese Elizabeth, South Africa. He served with the South African Medical Corps during the second world war. After the war, he specialised in thoracic surgery and had his own medical practice.
He wanted to leave South Africa to get away from its politics, as the Afrikaans National Party started giving positions in hospitals to their supporters, and its antisemitism.
He had the choice between a place in Texas and a place in New Zealand that he thought was called "Dune Din". He settled on the latter and came to Dunedin (/dʌˈniːdᵻn/) with his family.
He was an assistant lecturer at the University of Otago and at the same time was a surgeon for the Otago Hospital Board. From 1974, he was interested in palliative care.
He retired from medical practice in 1984 and used the time to write Communication in Cancer Care, his most notable book
He moved to Wellington in 1986 and took up a medical directorship at Te Omanga Hospice. He retained his directorship until 1993 and was an honorary consultant afterwards. Among the organisation that he belonged to:
Advisory Board of Palliative Medicine
International Advisory Committee to the International Congress on the Care of the Terminally Illinois
Ivan Lichter died in Auckland on 12 June 2009, at the age of 91.
Captain S. African medical corps, 1942-1945. Fellow Royal College of Surgeons, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Australiasian Chapter Palliative Medicine (honorary).
Married Lily Heather Lloyd, March 14, 1951. Children: David Gordon, Jonathan Lloyd, Barry Michael, Shelley.