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Obituary

July 2, 2020

K. Vijayakumaran Nair About 14 years back, in the early days of Pallium India in Trivandrum, we had the occasion to treat Ms Rajeswary for [...]

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How are basic ethical principles violated in COVID-19?

June 30, 2020

Many unique features of COVID-19 challenge the fundamental ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. It is important to focus on the primary duty [...]

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Lissy Rajan retires: Does she, really?

June 30, 2020

Chairman of Pallium India, Dr M R Rajagopal writes: In the new palliative care initiative in Calicut in the 1990s, Mr Asoka Kumar was the [...]

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Congratulations, Dr Sushma Bhatnagar and IAPC team

June 29, 2020

An important initiative was launched on 29 June 2020 by the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC). There are three institutions offering a postgraduate degree [...]

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Indian Journal of Palliative Care – Special issue (supplement) in the context of COVID-19

June 29, 2020

Indian Journal of Palliative Care, a journal indexed in PubMed Central and available for free access, has published a supplement dedicated to palliative care in [...]

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Pallium India participates in IHW web series

June 16, 2020

On June 2, 2020, Pallium India in collaboration with IHW Council, organized an online webinar on the topic “Key role of Palliative Care in COVID19 [...]

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The Changemakers features Dr Rajagopal

June 11, 2020

“World Health Organization (WHO) asks healthcare to reach people where they are and when they need it. Today, the tendency of healthcare institutions is to go [...]

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Pragati Podcast: Dr M R Rajagopal with Pavan Srinath

June 10, 2020

When treatments are likely to be futile, “we have to accept death as an inevitable consequence of life, and allow a human being to leave [...]

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Ventilators can heal but also harm

June 9, 2020

“A published study based on the experience in 12 New York hospitals showed that only 11.9% of 320 patients survived, in whom ventilators were used [...]

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Pallium India participates in Global Sessions

May 30, 2020

Ms. Sherin Wilfred and Ms. Bincy Babu, medical social workers of Pallium India shared their COVID-lockdown experiences (“Palliative Care Social Work Activities during the Covid [...]