One fine morning, Avdesh, a migrant labourer living in Mumbai, woke up to a terrifying reality as his body, from the neck down, did not respond. His roommates r ...

The principles of palliative care have made their way into the medical zeitgeist, which is great progress. Now is the moment to empower all doctors and specialists to incorporate this human-centered ...

Battling advanced breast cancer, 82-year-old Revathi (name changed) travelled miles from her village in southern Tamil Nadu to her daughter’s house in Chennai, seeking symptomatic treatment. Lying ...

Palliative care is a condition wherein people generally have no recourse or resolve to their ailments and diseases. Yet, with hope and faith, palliative care perseveres to try and maintain vitality, ...

Clinical electives with Caring Pathways or similar end-of-life care practices are focused on expanding competence. They ...

THE South African Palliative Care Conference 2025, a collaborative venture among the three leading palliative care organisations in the country: the Association of Palliative Care Practitioners of ...

Lupus is a chronic (long-term) disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of your body. It’s an autoimmune disease, which means that your immune system — the body system that usually ...

Matt Whittle has experience writing and editing accessible education-related content in health, technology, nursing and business subjects. His work has been featured on Sleep.org, Psychology.org and ...