16 pan-India organizations committed to NCD prevention and control have got together to form the Healthy India Alliance. Do please visit the alliance’s new website [...]
By Jean Jacob I recently came across a top 10 list of Hollywood films about palliative care. Despite being a palliative care physician and a [...]
Let’s train ourselves in Palliative care because Death does not respect our wealth or social standing and because it’s Everyone’s Business. A lot of patients [...]
Dr M. R. Rajagopal writes: Our dear Jo, Professor Jo Eland, is no more. She came into our lives, sprinkled love abundantly, conquered our hearts [...]
In a renewed effort to gain for all of us the right to live with dignity even with disease (and to die with dignity too), [...]
We keep coming across patients who consume “ordinary” painkillers and get into life-threatening problems. Ibuprofen, Diclofenac, Aceclofenac, Piroxicam and many other NSAIDs (Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) [...]
Cancer Aid Society invites Application/ Nominations from Doctors, Paramedical Staff and Social Workers with demonstrative leadership in the field of Palliative Care for the Cancer Patients [...]
The 24th International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care will be held at the CODISSIA in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu from 10 to 12 [...]
“It was heaven to feel the waves on my feet. I shall never forget this,” said a person on a wheelchair, who, since her spinal [...]
ecancer, Bangalore Hospice Trust – Karunashraya and Cardiff Palliative Care Education have developed an online course for Indian healthcare professionals starting their career in palliative [...]
