What is it about?
The publication talks about the NGO, CanSupport, which has been providing home-based palliative care to advanced cancer patients in Delhi/NCR region for the last 18 yrs. The article describes in some detail the care provided to patients by its multidisciplinary teams. It also gives insight into the challenges the organization faced in its early years and those that are ongoing. This model of palliative care can be adopted and adapted by different organizations according to their requirements.
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Why is it important?
Due the increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases like cancer, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's, etc, worldwide, there is a great need of palliative care. This is especially so in the developing world where palliative care services are few, This publication will be especially useful for those desirous of starting a similar service in their area. The model can be adapted according to the needs of the situation and region.
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This page is a summary of: Delivering palliative care the CanSupport way, Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, January 2015, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.151794.
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