Palliative care needs of stroke patients at a tertiary care center in South India.

Objectives: Stroke survivors have palliative care needs in multiple domains, which are overlooked. Accurate estimation of these is pivotal in ensuring proper rehabilitation and planning interventions to improve quality of life (QoL). We aimed to assess the palliative care needs of stroke patients in various domains in a structured manner at the neurology service of a tertiary care center in South India.

Response to COVID-19 Crisis with Facilitated Community Partnership among a Vulnerable Population in Kerala, India - A Short Report.

The unexpected lockdown announced by the Government of India in March 2020 in response to the pandemic left the coastal community in Kerala deprived of not only essential amenities but also healthcare. Some poverty-ridden, over-crowded coastal regions had been declared as critical containment zones with severe restriction of movement, adding to their vulnerability. People with serious health-related suffering (SHS) in this community required urgent relief.

Health-Related Suffering and Palliative Care in Breast Cancer.

Purpose Of Review: Breast cancer continues to be the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. By the suffering that it causes in various domains of life, breast cancer seriously impacts the quality of life of affected individuals and causes a major burden of suffering in the community. The objectives of the review were to understand the health-related suffering in patients with breast cancer and to identify the scope of palliative care in improving the quality of life of patients with breast cancer.

Improving Access and Quality of Palliative Care in Kerala: A Cross-sectional Study of Providers in Routine Practice.

Background: Expanding access and improving quality of palliative care in low-middle income countries is a pressing priority.

Objective: The objective of the study was to describe structure and processes of care across government (GO) and non-GO (NGO) palliative care providers (PCPs) in Kerala, India.

Design: This was a cross-sectional telephone survey.