Newsletter: September 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, On behalf of IAPC, I am delighted to announce the launch of several exciting training programs designed by IAPC, which aim to empower our palliative care professionals and volunteers to deliver quality palliative care to those in need. The first in this series will be…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 5: Training in Palliative Care Research Lecture Number: 1 Lecture Date: 22nd August, 2022 Topic: Introduction to conducting a Systematic Review Speaker: Dr Naveen Salins The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are requested…
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Young minds concerted for the right approach to palliative care! – Dr. Sanghamitra Bora, Guwahati Recent years have brought a global recognition to palliative care as a human right to health and as an essential component of primary care available to all. Advocacy by civil society groups and stalwarts of the discipline, have greatly catapulted…
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The moment of HOPE: a doctor’s perspective – Dr. Ruparna Khurana, New Delhi Poised and serene, dignified and eloquent he sat tall and expectant on his favourite recliner number 8, with an intravenous cannula facilitating a continuous gush of cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent named gemcitabine into his blood stream. I smiled as I realised, I could…
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Palliative Care services for rural and tribal communities: An experience of integrated care – Dr. V. Raman, Dr. Kumar G. S., Dr. Shridevi S., Dr. M. R. Seetaram and Dr. Chauhan, Mysore Tribal communities in India have far worse health indicators than the general population, particularly among forest-based and indigenous communities. Several challenges like limited…
Read MorePlanetary Health and Palliative Care; voices of indigenous peoples from marginalisation to the centre – Dr. Mhoira E. F. Leng, Scotland For too long the voices of indigenous people the world over have been relegated to the margins. Our focus as a global community has been on progress which is all too often measured in…
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Enrol for the “ASCO Palliative Care’s e-Course” offered jointly by TMH, ASCO and PCIC The Tata Memorial Hospital Department of Palliative Medicine in collaboration with American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Curriculum (PCIC ) Project is pleased to organize an ‘ASCO Palliative Care e-Course’ (APCeC). The advanced Palliative Care course…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 26 Lecture Date: 8th August, 2022 Topic: Palliative drugs in special situations Speaker: Dr Aswathi Praveen Moderator: Dr Anuja Damani The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are…
Read MoreIAPC Academy’s online Lecture Series 5 “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” ― Albert Einstein The IAPC Academy’s online Lecture Series 5 will be on ‘Training in Palliative Care Research’ This series aims to introduce our budding researchers to the basic concepts in research. It focuses…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 25 Lecture Date: 1st August, 2022 Topic: Parenteral analgesics and infusions Speaker: Dr Nengneivah Haokip Moderator: Dr Balbir Kumar The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are requested…
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