We’ve just learnt that the much-awaited Indian Rural MBBS, which we had blogged about in October 2010, has been abandoned. The MBBS will be replaced by a [...]
This year’s Ranbaxy Public Health Award goes to Pallium India’s chairman, Dr M.R. Rajagopal. Previous winners of the award include, Mr. S.R. Rao, former [...]
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the National Policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) drafted by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue. [...]
Power groups achieve a lot by advocacy and by collective bargaining. There are any number of organizations fighting for people with cancer or with HIV. [...]
An article in “Mid-Day” highlights the need for improved palliative care facilities in the state of Maharashtra and brings to attention the contrast between Kerala [...]
The word “palliative” seems to be taboo all over the world! For a long time, no one knew what the word “palliative” meant. When finally people [...]
Deadline: January 20, 2012 Application are now being taken for the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Early Career Research Grants. As many as [...]
Have you missed normal weekly short films from the “LIFE Before Death” series over Christmas and New Year? Don’t worry, you haven’t missed a thing! [...]
Dr Eva Duarte MD, Chief of Palliative Medicine and Symptom Control Department at National Cancer Institute of Guatemala, writes to share a piece of good [...]
Blogger Kelly Oxford quotes a nurse who wrote on the “Arise India forum“: “For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who [...]
