TY - JOUR AU - Kaushal, Kanica AU - Bhattacharya, Sudip AU - Singh, Amarjeet PY - 2018/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The need of Palliative care model in cancer patients in India-A long overdue JF - Indian Journal of Community Health JA - Indian J Community Health VL - 30 IS - 2 SE - Letter to Editor DO - 10.47203/IJCH.2018.v30i02.015 UR - https://iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/848 SP - 175 - 176 AB - <p>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)</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. &nbsp;(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> ER -