Dr Dinesh Sharma, writing in Lancet Oncology reports on India’s ban on Dextropropoxyphene. Please see… India urged to reverse dextropropoxyphene ban Dinesh C Sharma; Lancet [...]
The international palliative care community is saddened to hear of the death of Professor Geoffrey W Hanks, Professor Emeritus of Bristol University, on 27 June [...]
Dr Zipporah Ali (Zippy to her friends), the palliative care pioneer from Kenya has been awarded a honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University! Please read more [...]
Would you think that the Adivasi (tribal person) who is used to a lot of hardships in his life would require less pain medication than [...]
Nelson Mandela seems to be close to death. He has given us all so much; we all wish him well. Would you wish or pray [...]
Ms Baby died very early in the morning on 16 June 2013. She was one of our patients. She was also one of our volunteers. [...]
As if to underline our points about the Indian ban on Dextropropoxyphene, nine drug manufactuers were fined a total of 146 million euros by EU [...]
Maharashtra becomes the second state in India to have its own palliative care policy. Congratulations, Dr M A Muckaden, Dr Priya Kulkarni and all palliative [...]
The Online Registration for the 10th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference is open. Please follow this link to register: http://www.aphc2013.com/reg_choose.php Early bird registration closes on 10 [...]
Dr Jeremy Johnson, 63, from Shrewsbury, has been granted the accolade of MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services [...]
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