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Geriatrics and Palliative Care Bonhomie: A Geriatrician’s perspective
Geriatrics and Palliative Care Bonhomie: A Geriatrician’s perspective – Dr. Dominic Benjamin, Bengaluru The world is growing grey. The life expectancy in India, at birth during 2009-13 was 69.3 for females as against 65.8 years for males. At the age of 60 years, the average remaining length of life was found to be about 18 years (16.9 for males and 19.0 for females) and that at age 70 was less…
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A current update on Geriatric Palliative Care in India
A current update on Geriatric Palliative Care in India – Dr. Prince John, Pune The Elderly population is an integral part of any country to whom we owe respect and must extend equal attention like any other section of the population. Changing family dynamics and modern living arrangements which are usually accompanied by a host of factors such as loneliness, negligence, illness due to ageing etc., make it difficult for…
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IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 3 – Lecture 3
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 3 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 3 – Lecture 3 Topic: Neurologic Emergencies 2: Status Epilepticus, Raised Intracranial Pressure, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Date: August 9, 2021.Faculty: Dr. Puneet Rathore More Online Training Program videos IAPC ACADEMY is an initiative by Indian Association…
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IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 3 – Lecture 2
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 3 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 3 – Lecture 2 Topic: Neurologic Emergencies 1: Malignant Spinal Cord Compression Date: August 2, 2021.Faculty: Dr. Nandan Choudhary More Online Training Program videos IAPC ACADEMY is an initiative by Indian Association of Palliative Care with an…
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A Goodbye that eventually wipes the tears
A Goodbye that eventually wipes the tears – Mr. K. V. Ganpathy, Mumbai A diagnosis of cancer uproots normalcy in a child’s or an adolescents’ life; and during this time, parents can work with the health care team, the strongest allies. This act will not only foster the trust between the child and the health care team, but also help in restoring the quality of life, of children with advance…
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IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 3 – Lecture 1
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 3 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 3 – Lecture 1 Topic: Surgical Emergencies and Concerns in Palliative Care: Role of the Surgical Oncologist Date: July 26, 2021.Faculty: Dr. S. V. S. Deo. More Online Training Program videos IAPC ACADEMY is an initiative by…
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How Palliative Care can help a paediatric patient & family
How Palliative Care services can help a paediatric patient and their family: Experiences from an RCC – Dr. Prabha Seshachar, Bengaluru The primary aim of Paediatric Palliative Care is to allow the child to grow and develop through childhood in the face of a serious illness. Pediatric palliative care teams support the child and family caregivers (including the siblings) to not only cope with the challenges of illness and hospitalizations…
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Children’s Palliative Care Projects in Maharashtra and Goa
Children’s Palliative Care Projects in Maharashtra and Goa – Dr. Pradnya Talawadekar, Mumbai The Children’s Palliative Care Project (CPC), was launched in Maharashtra, in 2010, with National and International Collaboration and was a major breakthrough in the development of Pediatric Palliative Care Projects in India; especially for non-cancer. This five year project, implemented from April 2010 to March 2015, was developed in collaboration with Department for International Development (DfID), Hospice…
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A current update on Children’s Palliative Care in India
A current update on Children’s Palliative Care in India – Dr. Mary Ann Muckaden, Mumbai At the outset, let me emphasise that there is a lot of work going on in India for Paediatric Palliative care (PPC) and I may not do justice to it all, so apologies. As with the branch of Paediatrics when it began, Joan Marston stated that ‘‘We must never forget the children”, when she started…
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Caring for a paediatric patient: A nurse’s perspective
Caring for a paediatric patient: A paediatric palliative care nurse’s perspective – Ms. Anusha Cheekati, Hyderabad It is a well established fact that the patient and the family are considered to be a single unit in palliative care. As a recently practicing paediatric palliative care nurse, I believe that the paediatric palliative care community is specially drawn towards focusing on, and addressing the ‘empathetic’ medical issues of the child’s family,…















