We know that several palliative care centres are struggling with various ethical issues in relation to patient care in the context of the COVID crisis. [...]
Health care providers cannot shut down services. It is simply unacceptable. As unacceptable as soldiers deserting their posts or the police refusing to work. In [...]
The World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of WHO, in their annual meeting on 18 and 19 May 2020, committed governments to deliver palliative [...]
With rising numbers of people getting COVID 19 and many dying from them, we could face the situation that Italy did – of not having [...]
Revd Dr Hamilton Inbadas, Honorary Research Fellow, Glasgow End of Life Studies Group, University of Glasgow, writes: As part of the Glasgow End of Life [...]
There seems to be finally an end to the dilemma amongst Indian medical practitioners about Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders. Dr Roop Gursahani, Consultant [...]
Chairman of Pallium India, Dr M R Rajagopal, writes: It is great to be recognized. It feels good when someone acknowledges the value of your [...]
Happy mothers’ day, all mothers. If we really mean it, let us remember the millions of elderly mothers living alone in the country. (There are [...]
The official WHO definition of palliative care is 18 years old. Palliative care experts around the world (including 3 Indian members) have come together to [...]
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live” – Joan Didion In today’s world, Healthcare workers are not just frontline warriors but also the last [...]
It has been more than 3 years since we reported to you a humble beginning that we were able to make in the North Indian [...]
Dr Guruprasad T S A caregiver for wife living with MS and father who passed away due to Parkinsonism and Alzheimer’s for many years, Dr. [...]
