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Guardian Angel

December 21, 2017

Something beautiful is evolving near Nedumbassery in Ernakulam district, Kerala. Guardian Angel, a new palliative care centre is opening its doors to the needy in [...]
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What we can see, we treat. What is not measurable, we ignore.

December 20, 2017

Inadequate attention to mental illness seems to be a global phenomenon, as you can read in Atkin et al. BMC Palliative Care (2017) 16:69. Anxiety [...]
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Italy and Canada work towards making end of life more humane

December 20, 2017

Italy legalises advanced directive, making end of life care more humane Canada passes legislation making it binding on government to provide palliative care Why is [...]
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What does golf have to do with palliative care? Ask Mr Sandip Jariwala

December 19, 2017

Mr Sandip Jariwala, from Pleasanton, CA, USA writes: Relief From Cancer’s inaugural charity golf tournament was held at the Los Lagos Golf Course in San [...]
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Rajam S. Nair Endowment Prize Winners

December 15, 2017

Pallium India announces the winners of Rajam S. Nair Endowment Prize Essay Competition held for students from health care field. There were several amazing submissions, and [...]
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Time to take a different approach to pain

December 14, 2017

“The neighbors describe how anxious they would get whenever they heard Mrs. Amutha, a 70-year-old lady, as she banged her head on the walls of [...]
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Vacancy: Palliative Care Physician at CanKids, New Delhi

December 9, 2017

CanKids…KidsCan, a registered charitable National Society dedicated to Change for Childhood Cancer in India, invites applications for the post of Palliative Care Physician. Position Title: [...]
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“Differently abled” is too inadequate a term.

December 6, 2017

“Exceptionally abled” would be more like it. They are achievers battling the odds that an insensitive society offers them. On December 3, International Day of [...]
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December 2017

December 1, 2017

Advancing palliative care in Bhutan Thanks to Ms Phuntsho Om and Ms Tara Devi, who took the initiative to find us and to come to [...]
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Translators needed: Hindi, Bangla, other regional languages

November 30, 2017

Mike Hill and Sue Collins of Moonshine Agency have done us a huge favour by creating the film Hippocratic, the story of palliative care in [...]