AYUSH-PC Bridging Gaps Proposed to be held on 25th August, 2019 at Kulasekharam, Kanyakumari. Indian Association of Palliative Care in collaboration with “HeIpers of Mary” – Mother Anna palliative Care Centre organizes a national workshop on ‘AYUSH – PC Bridging Gaps‘: iapcayush2019 A National Workshop Palliative Care — AYUSH Integration A Group discussions on the…
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Chronic Pain added to the International Classification of Diseases I am writing with some exciting news: the World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) which includes a new classification system for chronic pain. This revision is a milestone achievement for IASP and the direct result of six years of…
Read MoreFrom The National Information Officer’s Desk Care and Empathy has been the core values of IAPC. Dear members, over the last two years, as NIO, for IAPC, I have witnessed the above values enshrined in every activity of the association. IAPC has been touching the lives of hundreds of the needy every day and there…
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As part of the “Nurses Week Celebration 2019”, DNipCare conducted a “Symposium on Palliative Care” by way of Continuing Nursing Education for the Nursing Officers of Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, Government of NCT Delhi, Khichripur, Delhi, on 8th May 2019. Dr. Anjana Saxena (Ex-Deputy Commissioner, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare), Sr. Hanife Mac Gamwell…
Read MoreFrom The President’s Desk It has been two months since I took charge as presidentship of our esteemed organization- The ‘Indian Association of Palliative care’. I feel delighted that with efforts of all the stalwarts of Palliative Medicine, we could achieve the following by meticulous follow up in just two months, which I promised as…
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A community sensitization programme for palliative care workers in Mussoorie, was conducted by Dr. Divya Mishra, an alumni of the NFPM program of Palliative Medicine and consulting physician at LBSNAA, Mussoorie, where the book was first introduced in English. As many volunteers in Northern India are not well versed in English so, the need to…
Read MoreINTEGRATING PALLIATIVE MEDICINE INTO MBBS UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM From 2019 onwards, the MCI has revised the MCI curriculum and has introduced several new topics relating to palliative medicine. It has introduced an entirely new section called AETCOMS (Attitude, Ethics and Communication) which has aspects related to principles and practice of palliative care. The topics relate to…
Read MoreThe President’s address My passion to address pain of patients has motivated me to do more and I learnt Palliative Medicine. The journey of 20 years in Palliative Medicine was full of challenges, opportunities and satisfaction. I understand IAPC membership has given me a big responsibility with full confidence that I will be able to…
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT IAPCON 2020 website is functional: www.iapcon2020guwahati.in (old website is defunct). As The Filmfare awards are going to be conducted on 15th Feb 2020, in Guwahati, all the hotels will be booked. Therefore we request all the delegates to book their hotels for accommodation, before 15th Nov’19. Kindly contact Mr. Anand Das for bookings…
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Workshop on Re-exploring Spirituality in Palliative Care Date: 3rd and 4th May, 2019 Venue: Prof. Rustam Choksi Auditorium, 2nd floor, GJB, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai – 400 012. Speakers: Dr. Christina Puchalski Dr. Santosh Chaturvedi Dr. Suhita Chatterjee Dr. Soumitra Dutta Dr. Nagesh Simha Dr. Abhijit Dam Registration is free…
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