@article{Kaushal_Bhattacharya_Singh_2018, title={The need of Palliative care model in cancer patients in India-A long overdue}, volume={30}, url={https://iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/848}, DOI={10.47203/IJCH.2018.v30i02.015}, abstractNote={<p>WHO defined palliative care as β€œan 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)</p> <p>The concept of palliative care was introduced in the mid-1980s in India. McDermott E et al found Kerala to have 83 palliative care services as against 139 in the whole of the country in 2008.  (2)</p> <p>The community palliative care projects of northern Kerala and the Neighborhood Network in Palliative Care (NNPC) is a solution to achieve meaningful coverage and care for the terminally ill. They demonstrate the way to "Palliative Care for All". (3)</p>}, number={2}, journal={Indian Journal of Community Health}, author={Kaushal, Kanica and Bhattacharya, Sudip and Singh, Amarjeet}, year={2018}, month={Jun.}, pages={175–176} }