IAPCON 2021
The much awaited videos are out now!
Watch the various sessions from the IAPCON 2021 Here
IAPC Offers Virtual Internship Program
Indian Association of Palliative Care offers Virtual Internship Program for students. Considering the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic, and requirements of the students, it has been decided to offer a virtual internship program for students. Find the details and the application form Here
IAPC Launches Online Training Program
Series Starts from 29th June 2020. Find the details Here
NEWS
Applications invited for the June 2021 batch CCEPC course
Applications invited for the June 2021 batch of the ‘Certificate Course in Essentials of Palliative Care (CCEPC)’ course Click here to view more details of the course.
The much awaited IAPCON 2021 videos are out now!
Missed watching a session? Want to re-watch a session? or Want to share the sessions with your friends and colleagues? Click the below links to watch the various sessions from the IAPCON 2021. Day 1: 19…
APHN announces scholarship and bursaries!
The Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN) has opened applications for the Rosalie Shaw Travel Scholarship (RSTS) and APHN Bursaries for individuals attending the 14th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference (Online), scheduled for the Saturday, 13th…
IAPC Newsletter: April 2021
From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, March was hectic, but inspiring as well. Brilliant academic sessions, flavors of togetherness, selfless hard work, and new initiatives, not only made March special but also imparted momentum to the…
IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 2 – Lecture 11
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 2 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 2 – Lecture…
World Social Work Day: 16th March, 2021
The World Social Work day is a day, especially ear marked in a year, to celebrate social workers across the globe to appreciate and acknowledge their crucial and phenomenal contribution to mankind. The International Federation of…
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Together We Choose
End-of-life care concerns us all. We need to talk about dying with dignity as it is an important part of life. Quality of death matters as much as quality of life.
The quality of death index in the 2010 report on a study commissioned by Lien Foundation ranked India the lowest among 40 countries. How we care for life at the end is a good indicator of our society’s health.
Critical care has an important role in conditions that are reversible. However, when these measures cease to have the desired effect, they only serve to prolong the process of dying.
It is important to recognise this process and the distress associated with it. At this stage, palliative care can help to preserve quality of life, reduce pain and suffering, and maintain dignity.
Together We choose
- To recognise that it is natural for life to end.
- To respect the patient as an individual who deserves, compassion, comfort, dignity, peace and hope.
- To ensure good quality of life for the patient and the family through palliative care.
- To achieve good pain and symptom control and to alleviate suffering by ensuring access to affordable medicines.
- To empower the patient and the family to have honest and empathetic communication about terminal illness and the dying process.
- To honour and implement the patient’s preferences regarding end-of-life care.
- To provide bereavement support to the family after the patient moves on.
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In a society like ours, where talking about death is a taboo, some people who are terminally ill, not only accept death but also come to terms with it in the most fascinating manner… by joking about it.
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