IAPC Academy Lecture Series 6 Lecture Number: 6 Lecture Date: 5th December, 2022 Topic: Common metabolic disorders in palliative care and their management Speaker: Dr. Varun Yadav Moderator: Dr. Ravi Umrania 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,…
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Register for the Palliative Care workshop in the 6th Annual Year End Review in Lung Cancer, 2022 The 6th Annual Year End Review in Lung Cancer, 2022, is being organised at Fairfield by Marriott, Mumbai, between Thursday, 15th December, 2022, and Sunday, 18th December, 2022. This in-person conference is being organised jointly by the Institute of Pulmonology, the Tata Memorial…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 6 Lecture Number: 5 Lecture Date: 28th November, 2022 Topic: Cancer induced Venous Thrombosis Speaker: Dr. Arjun Pillai Moderator: Dr. Gayatri Palat 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 to drop us…
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Newsletter: December 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, We are inching closer to the much-awaited academic fiesta, the 30th Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2023)! IAPCON 2023, has been designed as a unique scientific conference with track-based sessions on subspeciality topics. Additionally, the minor tracks and the…
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Nominations invited for an upcoming vacancy in the IAPC’s Central Council Committee The IAPC’s next Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM) is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 11th February, 2023, in Bengaluru. The timing of the meeting will be announced shortly. Please note that there is an upcoming vacancy in the IAPC’s Central Council Committee for…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 6 Lecture Number: 4 Lecture Date: 21st November, 2022 Topic: Opioids and the immune system: Friend or foe? Speaker: Dr. Kashish Vats Moderator: Dr. Sachin Gunde 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…
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“Care, with cure, and beyond…” – Dr. Manasi Patil and Dr. Prajakta D. Bhagat, Mumbai The field of Palliative Medicine is one with many challenges, very much so in the context of incurable advanced cancer. The cancer is beyond cure, but not beyond care; which is why it becomes essential for palliative care services to…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 6 Lecture Number: 3 Lecture Date: 14th November, 2022 Topic: Opioid induced Hyperalgesia Speaker: Dr. Rabiya Razak Moderator: Dr. Seema Mishra 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 to drop us an…
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Kindness: A language by which the blind can see and the deaf can hear! – Palliative Care Physician, India The below mentioned short article is based on true life events. I hope that by sharing this, it will provide you with some food for thought! Raghu (name changed), was admitted to our palliative care center…
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Palliative care for patients with refractory epilepsy – Dr. Shrikant Atreya, Kolkata Epilepsy is a medical condition that can range from benign, self-limiting seizures to seizures that can be treated medically or surgically or to a medically or surgically refractory condition. Patients with refractory seizures have a complex health condition. The disorder, in addition to…
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