The need of Palliative care model in cancer patients in India-A long overdue
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2018-06
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Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine
Abstract
WHO defined palliative care as “an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial, and spiritual.” (1)
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Palliative care, India, Cancer, Community based care
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Kaushal K, Bhattacharya S, Singh A. The need of Palliative care model in cancer patients in India-A long overdue. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2018 Jun; 30(2): 175-176