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IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Session 3
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 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 Session 3 Topic: Approach To An Adult Patient Presenting With Opioid Toxicities Date: July 13, 2020.Faculty: Dr. Seema Mishra. IAPC ACADEMY is an initiative by Indian Association of Palliative Care with an aim to provide expert training to MD…
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IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Session 2
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 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 Session 2 Topic: Approach to prescribing strong opioids for pain management: Opioids pharmacotherapy Initiating strong opioids Titrating opioid dose and opioid rotation Date: July 6, 2020.Faculty: Dr. Nandini Vallath. IAPC ACADEMY is an initiative by Indian Association of Palliative…
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IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Session 1
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series on Mondays From 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com It is a proud beginning; the ‘IAPC ACADEMY’, an online training series mainly for MD students in Palliative Medicine and doctors practicing Palliative Medicine. This initiative by Indian Association of Palliative Care, has been started functioning from 29th June 2020, with the opening session by the eminent faculty and pioneer…
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A good night’s sleep for patients without pain
“A good night’s sleep for patients without pain; Isn’t that we aspire for!” “It’s a sad fact that even after amendments of NDPS rules, opioid analgesics are not reaching to those who needs them the most. And this, is now exacerbated by the pandemic situation and lockdown enforced due to it.” – writes Dr. Anuja Damani and Dr. Arunanghu Goshal in an article on their effort to provide OPIOIDS safely…
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IAPC Launches Online Training Program
Series Starts from 29th June 2020 Note (July 30, 2020): You can watch the video series Here Indian Association of Palliative Care launches a new initiative – IAPC Academy- an online training program with an aim to provide training to students doing MD in Palliative Medicine, by experts in the field. This series will start from Monday 29th June 2020, with an opening session by Dr. M R Rajagopal, a…
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Finally the Dilemma on DNAR ENDS; Gains Legal Basis
Dr. Roop Gurshani explains the relevance of the position paper by the BioEthics Unit of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), published in the current issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Research The ICMR has confirmed that CPR is not a default option. Instead it is a medical procedure and in certain circumstances it cannot and should…
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Living Will
What is a Living Will? It is important for people to plan their future healthcare, especially at a time when they may no longer be able to make decisions or communicate these decisons. The “Living Will” will provide people the opportunity to think about, talk about and write down their wishes, preferences, priorities and refusals. They can make their own decisions on how they would like to be cared for…
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Cast Your Vote & Select A Tool
Tags: COVID-19An initiative to make palliative care more accessible By National Cancer Grid with the Support of Indian Association of Palliative Care A tool to assess Serious Health Related Suffering (SHS) is being developed as a preliminary screening tool to use in Health Care Settings in India where serious health related suffering is highly prevalent and often invisible. SHS causes patients to drop-out of treatment and needless distress, when the system…
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethical Board is Essential in Decision Making
A zoom session on COVID -19 and palliative care was organized by Pallium India INC and IOWA University on 25th March 2020. Here is a brief report prepared by Dr. Lulu Mathews (Program Director, Academics, IPM, Kozhikode and Mr. I. Terrymize, Research Associate, IPM). Dr. M R Rajagopal, a global leader in palliative care and founder of Pallium India, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India started the session discussing the aspects of palliative…
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MSC in Palliative Medicine: Apply Now for Commonwealth Scholarships
Cardiff University and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) are again able to offer Distance Learning Scholarships to support 10 healthcare professionals in India and neighbouring commonwealth countries to enroll on The Cardiff University MSc in Palliative Medicine for Healthcare Professionals starting in September 2020. The scholarships will fund the student’s full Cardiff University course fees, and the flights and other expenses for successful applicants to attend residential teaching in the…
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About COVID-19
What is COVID-19? COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. ‘CO’ stands for corona, ‘VI’ for virus, and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’ or ‘2019-nCoV’. The COVID-19 virus is a new virus linked to the same family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and some types of common cold. What are the symptoms of COVID-19? Symptoms…
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NGO participation in Palliative Care and the role of IAPC
IAPCON 2020 Guwahati organises a satellite session On “NGO participation in Palliative Care and the role of IAPC” Facilitators Dr. Mary Anne Muekaden Immediate Past President IAPC Dr. K V Ganpathy Member, Central Council IAPC Venue: The Auditorium, State Cancer Institute, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati. Date: February 14, 2020 | 2pm – 3pm. Coordinator: Mr. Tarun Sonowal — Mobile: 9577121983 (For registration and other details, please contact him latest by…
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