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Gender’s role in disabling help seeking behaviours – Ms. Keshav Sharma, New Delhi Polarities are abundant in nature: Day & Night, Highs & Lows, Light & Shadow, and so on. They co-exist and beautifully complement each other in what is seen as a grand display of a virtuous balance. One such polarity is that of…
Pages from the Diary of a Palliative Care Counsellor – Ms. Vandana Mahajan, Mumbai Context: I am a Palliative care counselor and have been counseling cancer patients for over 7 years now. I am associated with a cancer NGO, Cope with cancer-Madat Trust, and currently work at the Thoracic Disease Management Group (DMG) of Tata…
Palliative care for patients with (COPD) – an essential unmet need – Dr. Rajani Bhat, Bengaluru November 17th is observed as World COPD Day around the world in over 50 countries. Clinicians, research professionals and patient advocacy groups come together to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive…
The elections for the office bearers of IAPC are scheduled to be held virtually between 9 a.m. on Friday, 21st January, 2022, and 9 p.m. on Sunday, 23rd January, 2022. Elections will be held for the following posts: President, IAPC (2022 – 2025) Secretary, IAPC (Secretary Elect from 2022 – 2023; Secretary from 2023 –…
The IAPC Elections for the office bearers of IAPC will be held online on 21st January, 2022. Elections will be held for the following posts: President, IAPC (2022 – 2025) Secretary, IAPC (Secretary Elect from 2022 – 2023; Secretary from 2023 – 2026) Central Council Members (2022 – 2024) North Zone (2 members) North –…
IAPCON 2022, Jaipur The 29th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2022), will be a virtual conference from Jaipur. Eminent and the brightest stars from the Palliative Care fraternity, both from India and beyond will be participating in the conference, scheduled to be held between Friday the 11th to Sunday the 13th February 2022. Pre-conference workshops will be organized on 10th February,…
An urgent need for Palliative care models for chronic mental illness – Dr. Chitra Venkateswaran, Kochi, Kerala World Mental Health Day was commemorated on October 11th, 2021 with a focus on “Mental health in an unequal world”. This rings so clearly alongside this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day theme, ‘Leave no one behind; equity…
Newsletter: November 2021 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, We are preparing for the upcoming IAPC’s Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM) scheduled to be held on Friday, 12th November, between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. We have already circulated an email requesting registration and sharing the registration link and have also taken efforts to…
The evolving social narrative of ‘Poverty’: A random recollection – M. K. V. Hamza, New Delhi Poverty is not having enough resources to meet one’s basic needs. The onset of chronic or terminal diseases aggravates an individual’s existing situation and pushes them into a state of deprivation; a possible aggregate deprivation of physical, psychological, financial…
Let’s discuss palliative care for our pets! – Ms. Crystal Pereira, New Delhi “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” — Mark Twain It was 4 years ago that I entered the fascinating, delightful, and ever-giving…
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