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Challenges and Compassion in Palliative Care: Addressing Misconceptions and Cultural Dynamics
Challenges and Compassion in Palliative Care: Addressing Misconceptions and Cultural Dynamics – Palliative Care Nurse, Canada Persistent myths and misunderstandings surrounding palliative care present a poignant issue that profoundly impacts patient care and family dynamics. During my experience of providing end-of-life care to an immigrant from a marginalized community, I encountered a troubling situation related to the family’s reaction to injectable medications prescribed for emergency use. They mistakenly believed that…
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Reflections from a silent guardian: The vital role of a social worker in palliative care
Reflections from a silent guardian: The vital role of a social worker in palliative care – Ms Vahini Bodasing, Hyderabad The vital role discharged by a Social worker in hospice care often goes unnoticed. Social workers help provide essential emotional support, facilitate communication, and help arrange practical assistance for palliative care patients and their families to ensure that patients receive comprehensive care. A social worker’s exceptional skill to actively listen…
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Mishti Doi: From Chennai to Cooch Behar
Mishti Doi: From Chennai to Cooch Behar – Dr. Meenakshi V V, Chennai Unrelenting lower limb pain with an ominous looking lesion in the lumbar vertebral space brought 9-year-old Ajay (name changed) and his family from West Bengal to Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, in November 2022. The family’s worst fears were confirmed when the oncologists diagnosed him with a Spinal Ewing’s sarcoma. He was referred to the PC team early…
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Register for IAPCON 2025
Register for IAPCON 2025 The 32nd Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2025) will be held at the Auditorium of AIIMS Jammu, between Friday, 31st January, 2025, and Sunday, 2nd February, 2025. Pre-conference workshops have been slated for Thursday, 30th January, 2025. IAPCON 2025 is organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Chapter of IAPC in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jammu. The conference is themed…
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The Science of Yoga and it’s benefits in a Palliative Setting
The Science of Yoga and it’s benefits in a Palliative Setting – Dr. Bindu Menon, Hyderabad Yoga is a mind-body practice which originated in India thousands of years ago, that aims to create inner harmony and integrate the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of life. What yoga can offer in palliative care is a holistic approach in which the ‘individual’ is focused on, not just the disease. In addition to…
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Individual grief manifests as love for the community
Individual grief manifests as love for the community – Ms. Sailaja Tripathy, Bhubaneswar Deepesh’s association with Amrit Dhara Palliative Care Trust (ADPCT) was made possible by Ms Namrata Rath (Managing Trustee and Secretary, ADPCT), who was a source of support during his cancer treatment at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Deepesh was a 25-year-old gentleman who was suffering from brain cancer. A software developer, he lived with his parents and younger sister. …
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Empowering tomorrow’s nurses is the economic force of Compassionate Care
Empowering tomorrow’s nurses is the economic force of Compassionate Care – Ms. Sangeetha Murugan, Bengaluru Imagine a hospital without nurses. It is a daunting thought that sends shivers down one’s spine, as it reveals a nurses’ profound impact on our lives from the moment we are born to the final moments of our journey. In the quiet moments of reflection, a nurse will truly realise the truth encapsulated in the…
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What is at the heart of nursing?: My recent Reflections
What is at the heart of nursing?: My recent Reflections – Erika Cleborne-Bérubé, Edinburgh I maintain that being a nurse involves far more than competently completing a set of clinical tasks, such as recording clinical observations, it must involve the care of the patient as a whole person. How one nurse can be the difference Let me start with some contrasting examples from years ago, when I worked in a…
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Death at my doorstep
Death at my doorstep – Dr Sharada Vinod Kutty, New Delhi I’ve been a medical student since 2004. I remember how I would run from the wards to the outpatient departments to the medical camps and so on. I was like a sponge trying to imbibe all the information around me. I particularly loved my internship. It was a year of various exposures and a year of finally being partly…
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Partnering with ECHS to initiate Palliative Care in Armed Forces
Partnering with ECHS to initiate Palliative Care in Armed Forces – Dr Savita Butola, Panisagar The armed forces have their own way of life, their own organizational culture and their own challenges. The medical services within the forces are organized so as to meet their specific requirements. Palliative care awareness, which is lacking in the rest of our country is reflected in the forces too. This means that the palliative…
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Unveiling Shadows: The Weight of Unspoken Truths in Terminal Illnesses
Unveiling Shadows: The Weight of Unspoken Truths in Terminal Illnesses – Ms Shelbi Baby, Ireland In times of terminal illnesses, the weight of unspoken truths can cast a shadow over the journey ahead. It’s not uncommon for individuals and their loved ones to shy away from having difficult conversations surrounding death and dying. However, as we delve in to the story of Mr Paul (name changed) and his wife, it…
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Movement Medicine and Integrative Palliative Care
Movement Medicine and Integrative Palliative Care – Zuleikha, USA “Offering hope to those suffering from terminal illness or battling challenging life circumstances isn’t easy… for American dancer and healer Zuleikha.” —Words from my late dear friend, Ms Ritu Bhatia, a Delhi journalist. I am Zuleikha, a performing artist, an educator in transformative self-care, and the founder/director of The Storydancer Project (TSP), an international non-profit organization. My background is in western…
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