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End It All? Or Live With It, Meaningfully?

August 8, 2011

Only 10% of us will die a sudden death. At the end of life, 90% of us will go through a prolonged illness before the [...]

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Young Effort, But What Great Effort!

August 7, 2011

Farhin, 10, and Farhan, 8, are primary school students in Sharjah, UAE. After they and their father, Dr Shafi, heard about the difficulties faced by Kunnamkulam [...]

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The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions

August 6, 2011

We were so deeply in debt. I knocked on many doors, but none opened. We have no one whom we could call our own. I wondered whether [...]

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Let Us Hope None of Us is Part of Any Malpractice

August 6, 2011

There is a worrying report by Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines series from Madhya Pradesh about unethical practices pertaining to drug trials by international pharma companies: [...]

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LIFE Before Death #12: Back to School

August 5, 2011

Short Film 12 of 50 in the LIFE Before Death documentary series about the global crisis in untreated pain and the dramatic life changing affect [...]

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Text Messages for Improved Health Care: A Lesson in Advocacy?

August 5, 2011

BBC news highlights a study published in the Lancet showing that text messages sent to health care workers in Kenya improved adherence to malaria treatment regime from [...]

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Good News About Our Efforts at the UN NCD Summit

August 4, 2011

Thank you for the support! We blogged on 27 July seeking support for Pallium India’s efforts to boost Palliative Care Advocacy at the United Nations High-level [...]

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