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World Palliative Care Day

August 8, 2020

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. It is observed [...]

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Obituary: Kimberley St John

August 5, 2020

In 2019, we had the wonderful experience of a week-long visit from one very special person from London – nurse Kimberley St John. It was [...]

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August 2020

August 1, 2020

To ease the suffering in COVID-19 On 20 May 2020, the World Health Assembly (WHA73) asked all member countries to include palliative care in their [...]

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Global Palliative Care – by Dr Katherine Pettus

July 31, 2020

Katherine Pettus carries painful memories of her mother’s suffering in distress – more than 30 years back – as she says, “when doctors and nurses [...]

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Best wishes Amy Lim and all nurses of Singapore on August 01, Singapore Nurses Day!

July 30, 2020

An epitome of humility and compassion, Amy Lim has been one of the valued friends that we have been blessed with since many years. And [...]

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My Journey with Pallium India, and Life Beyond

July 28, 2020

Dr Saima Furqan writes: When I completed my medical degree, I found myself unsure of what to do next. Some advised me to set up [...]

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How the community helped Pallium India to care for people during the lockdown

July 27, 2020

Dr Vijesh V V, Pallium India’s Coordinator-National Outreach Programme, writes: It has been more than four months since the precautionary national lockdown was announced on [...]

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Availability of ICEMs in the COVID-19 Pandemic

July 24, 2020

The most prevalent symptoms in COVID-19 are breathlessness, cough, drowsiness, anxiety, agitation, and delirium. Frequently used medicines include opioids such as morphine or fentanyl and [...]

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Definition of Pain Updated for the First Time Since 1979

July 21, 2020

After 40 years, a multi-national, multidisciplinary Task Force of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) developed a revised definition of pain that [...]

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Obituary

July 2, 2020

K. Vijayakumaran Nair About 14 years back, in the early days of Pallium India in Trivandrum, we had the occasion to treat Ms Rajeswary for [...]

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July 2020

July 1, 2020

Dear friends Over the last one month, we have seen the world change, day by day, week by week. Millions of facemasks struggle to save [...]

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How are basic ethical principles violated in COVID-19?

June 30, 2020

Many unique features of COVID-19 challenge the fundamental ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. It is important to focus on the primary duty [...]