A young man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma went from being unable to get up and go to the toilet, to taking a “sprightly” walk. Others patients [...]
The celebrated 19th century physician Oliver Wendell Holmes included morphine (poppy) among the very few medicines which should be retained by the medical science of [...]
On Saturday, January 28, Pallium India-USA and the community of Silicon Valley, California were honored with a special guest. Pallium India chairman Dr. M.R. Rajagopal [...]
Stories of end-of-life are often poignant, occasionally dramatic, and sometimes humorous. This week, we spotted an article in the New York Times that encompassed all [...]
There are many misconceptions about opioids and their use in palliative care. A recent article in The Hindu about a palliative care unit in Bangalore goes a [...]
What kind of world do we we live in? Purely due to misapprehensions, ignorance and callousness, we force people into a living hell! Artur, a man [...]
The English Language needs a new phrase. Or at least, when the International Association for Study of Pain ever appoints another taxonomy committee, it should [...]
Mr Piyush Gupta, Secretary of Cancer Aid Society, has worked hard in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) and neighboring states for palliative care advocacy. Most of the few [...]
Kerala Drug Controller’s office has always been immensely supportive of palliative care. During the five years after 1994, they saw us through those difficult areas [...]
We have good news! The Government of India Department of Revenue has always been proactive in the matter of opioid availability. Initiatives by David Joranson, [...]
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