On the occasion of The World Lymphedema Day on March 6 this year, a seminar was organised on recognition and management of Lymophedema at AIIMS in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. This was organised by the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Care, AIIMS, under the guidance of Prof. Sukhdev Nayak, and IAPC. The Secretary of Indian Association…
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A one day Seminar on ‘Role of Spirituality & religiosity in end of life‘ will be held on 3rd September at the Secretariat in Bokaro, Jharkhand. The details will be put up shortly.
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The next Central Council meeting will be held on 2nd & 3rd September, 2017 at the Secretariat in Bokaro, Jharkhand.
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Is our care complete, when in oncology clinics we mostly focus on patient’s disease, treatment and prognosis and not on the person who is the patient’s backbone and support system? The caregiver ? She/ he comes regularly to the clinic with hope- frustration, suppressed emotions- anger, pseudo active-tired : they are all sincere caregivers who…
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Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust and the Palliative Care Department of Emmanuel Hospital Association is organising a three-day workshop on research in palliative care, in New Delhi, from November 25 to 27, 2014. This workshop will introduce the concepts and skills of research in palliative care and support development of research priorities and initial proposals.…
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dr. Rohanti Ravikulan has won the Bruce Davis Gold Medal 2016, in the final examination held at Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozhikode on 17th December 2016. Dr. Rohanti has completed MBBS from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore. This examination aims to improve awareness about palliative care among young doctors in India. The…
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IAPC’s Children’s Palliative Care (CPC) Project is organising a free four-week training programme on paediatric palliative care for doctors and nurses at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. The three-day contact session from September 29 to October 1, 2014 will be followed by two weeks of home-based case studies and assignments. The last week will be devoted…
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Spiritual care is now being recognised as an important component of palliative care. How can we deliver spiritual care? How do we address this in a multi-cultural society like India? How does one take a spiritual history? What is the current state of research on this aspect? The Bangalore Hospice Trust – Karunashraya is organizing…
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s 18th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Supportive Care, Hospice and Palliative Medicine will be held on September 5 and 6, 2014. Prior to the conference there will be a review course on Updates in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Intensive Physician Board Review on September 2 to 4,…
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