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Why cancer patients are cheering a recent change in the narcotics law – Scroll.in News

March 4, 2014

More media attention to NDPS amendment
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Critical analysis of NDPS amendment

March 4, 2014

Here is a detailed and critical evaluation of the NDPS amendment bill. This comes from the International Drug Policy Consortium and highlights the major role [...]
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Council of Europe’s Recommendations for Older People includes Palliative Care

March 2, 2014

Mr Diederik Lohman of Human Rights Watch writes to inform us about the new recommendations for Older Persons by the Committee of Ministers of the [...]
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Advertisement for experienced palliative care physician

February 28, 2014

Dr Lindsay Crack who is volunteering for Cankids writes: Cankids India is looking for an experienced palliative care physician to take the lead to develop [...]
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Support, don’t punish: Katherine Pettus

February 28, 2014

Pallium India was very pleased to have with us Ms Katherine Pettus who is part of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care and [...]
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Joan Marston visits Pallium India

February 28, 2014

Ms Joan Marston, the pediatric palliative care person of the world who heads the International Children’s Palliative Care Network visited Pallium India in Trivandrum.  She went on [...]
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Taking Essential Pain Management (EPM) to the Community

February 28, 2014

A one day workshop was held at the Sarada Homoeopathic Medical College, Kulasekaram. The workshop was co-sponsored by 1) Faculty of Pain Medicine, College of [...]
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Dr Priya Kulkarni takes over as Chief Functionary of Indian Association of Palliative Care

February 28, 2014

On the 15th of February, 2014, at the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC), Dr. Priya Kulkarni, Medical Director of Cipla [...]
Newsletter

February 2014

February 28, 2014

NDPS Act Amendment – The Long Journey As most of you are aware, India’s draconian Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances(NDPS) Act has been amended; the Amendment [...]
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Morphine Consumption in India

February 27, 2014

This is good news as well as bad news. The good news is that the morphine consumption in the country is on the rise. The [...]