The Importance of Being Psychologically Safe at Our Workplace (with due forgiveness from Mr. Wilde) – Dr. Jayita Deodhar, Mumbai The International Labour Organization (ILO) (1) has marked 28th April each year to observe World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Observing this day brings to the forefront our collective responsibility of building a…
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Register before 7th May 2022, for Caregiver Saathi’s first cohort of “Practices of Compassionate Caring” program Caregiver Saathi is delighted to announce their first cohort for “Practices of Compassionate Caring”, which is slated to begin on Tuesday, 10th May, 2022. This is a skill building program for those already into caregiving and those who aspire to become professional caregivers. Participation…
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The Enable Quality, Improve Patient care (EQuIP) India Program is an immersive mentored experiential training program aimed to build the capacity of palliative clinical teams in healthcare quality improvement. This Quality Improvement immersion training initiative, is a collaboration between the National Cancer Grid (NCG) and the Stanford Healthcare, USA. The program selects institution based teams from oncology and…
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Newsletter: April 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, I am glad to share with you a few humble yet, key initiatives, sown by the Indian Association of Palliative Care in collaboration with other organizations across India. Such collaborations are a beginning to our arduous journey towards achieving our dream, ‘Palliative Care accessible to…
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Happiness and Palliative Care Ms. R. Vijayalakshmi, Chennai In my personal opinion, “Achievements, goals, fame or fortune may not provide one with true happiness. Lasting happiness is wholly and soley provided only in our mind and heart”. Let me expand on this a bit more with the below article. I met Mr. Raghupathy (name changed),…
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IAPCON 2023 The 30th Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2023) will be a physical conference at Bengaluru, organised by Karunashraya. The conference is slated to be conducted over two and half days (Friday, 10th, February 2023, to Sunday, 12th February 2023), with pre-conference workshops scheduled for Thursday, 9th February,…
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Webinar: Humanising Healthcare through Storytelling – Stories as a tool for transformation The IAPC in collaboration with Pallium India, conducted a webinar on ‘Humanising Healthcare through Storytelling – Stories as a tool for transformation’ on Wednesday, 23rd March, 2022, between 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. The webinar was delivered by a rich panel represented by Ms Chinthana…
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Sleep – Beyond Benzodiazepines – Dr. Rajashree K. C., Thrissur What do we compromise on if we are too close to a deadline? Food? …definitely Not! Fun? …Not at all!! Sleep? …Yeah, I can sleep later!!! This is what most of us say and do. However, have you ever thought that sleep is one of…
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Palliative Care for the Hearing Disabled – Dr. Priti R. Sanghavi, Ahmedabad 3rd march is celebrated globally as ‘World Hearing Day’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO) since 2007. The theme for this year (2022) is ‘To hear for life, listen with care’, which urges people to focus on the importance of safe listening to…
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The Lonely Patient in the ICU – Dr. Seema R. (nee Kunikullaya) Rao, Bengaluru I can see your sufferingI can feel your painAs I find you writhingIn distress yet again I can smell the bileThat rises up your throatSee-through the beguiling smileHear each discordant note I can hear you gaspingEach strenuous gulp of airYour every…
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