Empowering families to take on a palliative caregiver role for patients with cancer in India: Persistent challenges and promising strategies.

Background: The population of patients with cancer requiring palliative care (PC) is on the rise in India. Family caregivers will be essential members of the care team in the provision of PC.

Objective: We aimed to characterize provider perspectives of the challenges that Indian families face in taking on a palliative caregiving role.

The Palliative Care-Promoting Access and Improvement of the Cancer Experience (PC-PAICE) Project in India: A Multisite International Quality Improvement Collaborative.

Mentors at seven U.S. and Australian academic institutions initially partnered with seven leading Indian academic palliative care and cancer centers in 2017 to undertake a program combining remote and in-person mentorship, didactic instruction, and project-based learning in quality improvement (QI).