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Submissions invited: IAPC’s initiative to celebrate World Poetry Day!
Submissions invited: IAPC’s initiative to celebrate World Poetry Day! To commemorate World Poetry Day (21st March, 2025), the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) invites all those touched by the transformative journey of palliative care to express their experiences and emotions through poetry. This initiative aims to highlight the profound connections, reflections, and moments of healing that define palliative care. Guidelines An original poem (related to palliative care) penned by the…
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Navigating the River: Reflections of a woman in Global Palliative Care
Navigating the River: Reflections of a woman in Global Palliative Care – Dr Megan Doherty, Geneva, Switzerland Palliative care offers a fulfilling and meaningful journey to those who choose to work in this field. Despite palliative care being an essential component of health, and a key component of Universal Health Coverage, access to palliative care is one of the largest disparities in global health- 86% of those in need of…
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Synergizing Expertise: Transforming Palliative Care in India Through Collaboration
Synergizing Expertise: Transforming Palliative Care in India Through Collaboration – Dr Arun Ghoshal (Manipal) and Ms Archana Ganesh (Bengaluru) Collaboration is the cornerstone of palliative care. In our experience, a collaboration between healthcare professionals and administrators/marketing professionals can significantly enhance the reach, accessibility, and impact of palliative care. While a doctor’s medical expertise ensures quality care for patients facing life-limiting illnesses, the strategic insights of an administrator/marketing professional can help…
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Reflecting on my Journey in Palliative Care
Reflecting on my Journey in Palliative Care – Ms Meenu Yadav, Jodhpur For me, Palliative care is not just a field of medicine; it is a commitment to ease the suffering and to be able to provide holistic support to patients suffering from serious health related illnesses and their families. While undergoing my training in nursing, I had minimal understanding about palliative care. However, I was introduced to this very…
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Applications invited for the IAHPC’s Grant to participate in IAPCON 2025
Applications invited for the IAHPC’s Grant to participate in IAPCON 2025 The International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC), in collaboration with the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC), invite applications to receive grants to encourage participation in the 32nd International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2025). IAPCON 2025 is scheduled to be held at the auditorium of AIIMS Jammu, between Friday, 31st January, 2025, and…
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Medicine Beyond Pills: A dose of humanity
Medicine Beyond Pills: A dose of humanity – Ms Sneha P, Vallikkunnu, Kerala Until two years ago, my understanding of palliative care was limited to a brief notation in my nursing studies, and as a topic for a potential essay question. Occasionally, I’d see the palliative care vehicle of our panchayat passing by while I was on vacation in my hometown. That was the extent of my knowledge with regard…
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What being a ‘caregiver’ taught me: A Doctor’s Perspective
What being a ‘caregiver’ taught me: A Doctor’s Perspective – Dr Parul Raina, Bengaluru Being a doctor and caring for patients is one side of the story. But what if you find yourself on the other side? When a ‘Doctor’ Becomes a ‘Caregiver’!! When your loved one is in a critical condition and you are the only doctor in the family, every decision comes to you. Many doctors know this…
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Is it Time to Revise Medical Ethics?
Is it Time to Revise Medical Ethics? – Dr Pratyasa Padhi, Bhubaneswar One afternoon, while visiting the medical oncology ward for palliative care consultations, I encountered a 45-year-old man with a bandage on his right lower limb, sitting on the bed alongside his wife. As I was about to see him, the ward attendant informed me that the patient was “positive”. He meant his serology for ‘Hepatitis B’ was positive,…
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PRPCS organizes a Pediatric Bereavement Memorial Support Group
PRPCS organizes a Pediatric Bereavement Memorial Support Group The Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society (PRPCS) had organized a poignant reflection of a profound, yet a transformative and encouraging event in life, by organizing a Pediatric Bereavement Memorial Support Group event on Tuesday, 22nd October, 2024, at Hyderabad. The event was envisioned to ensure that every grieving parent could find the bereavement group and then be helped by being connected…
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Call for Proposal: IAPCON 2027
Call for Proposal: IAPCON 2027 The IAPC is inviting proposals to conduct the 34th Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2027). Those interested to organise the conference are requested to submit their expression of interest by emailing the proposal in the requested and prescribed format to the Secretary, IAPC, at iapcagbm@gmail.com before 5 p.m. on Monday, 13th January, 2025. The conference venue for IAPCON 2027,…
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Distress to de-stress: A journey
Distress to de-stress: A journey – Dr. Ravi Kiran Pothamsetty, Madurai Mrs. Shanti (name changed for confidentiality), a 66-year-old female and a post-treated case of endometrial and ovarian carcinoma recently visited the Medical Oncology OPD with her daughter-in-law, exhibiting despair and mood turbulence. She was referred to the Palliative Care team. We introduced her our Palliative Care team, and explained the primary physician’s referral intent. Initially sceptical, she slowly eased…
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Ms Sneha P awarded the ‘IAPC’s Gold Medal for Nurses 2024’
Ms Sneha P awarded the ‘IAPC’s Gold Medal for Nurses 2024’ We are delighted to announce that Ms. Sneha P from Kerala has been awarded the inaugural ‘IAPC’s Gold Medal for Nurses 2024’. Ms Sneha has completed her BSc in Nursing from SIMET College of Nursing, Kasargod, Kerala, and is now working with the Government of Kerala’s Health Service. The ‘IAPC’s Gold Medal for Nurses in 2024’ initiative was introduced this year to…
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