2015-21-1 Archives - Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volume 21 | Issue 1 | January-April 2015

Editorial

Palliative Medicine and People

Sushma Bhatnagar

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150143

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Editorial Commentaries

Ban on Dextropropoxyphene is Unjustifiable

Savita Butola, MR Rajagopal

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150148

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Editorial Commentaries

Origin, Maintenance and Future of Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR)

Deepak Gupta

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150150

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Editorial Commentaries

Acute Palliative Care – Is it a Workable Concept in India?

Jayita K Deodhar

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150151

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Original Article

Views and Attitudes Towards Sexual Functioning in Men Living with Spinal Cord Injury in Kerala, South India

MM Sunilkumar, Patricia Boston, MR Rajagopal

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150158

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Original Article

Evaluation of Factors in Relation with the Non-Compliance to Curative Intent Radiotherapy among Patients of Head and Neck Carcinoma: A Study from the Kumaon Region of India

Kailash Chandra Pandey, Swaroop Revannasiddaiah, Nirdosh Kumar Pant

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150161

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Commentary

Sarbani Ghosh-Laskar, Sangeeta Kakoti

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150164

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Original Article

Impact of Specialist Home-Based Palliative Care Services in a Tertiary Oncology Set Up: A Prospective Non-Randomized Observational Study

Sunil R Dhiliwal, Maryann Muckaden

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150170

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Original Article

Breaking Bad News in Cancer Patients

Apostolos Konstantis, Triada Exiara

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150172

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Original Article

Role of Social, Cultural and Economic Capitals in Perceived Quality of Life Among Old Age People in Kerala, India

Pradeep R Deshmukh, Amol R Dongre, KP Rajendran, Suresh Kumar

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150175

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Original Article

Comparison of Single Versus Multiple Fractions for Palliative Treatment of Painful Bone Metastasis: First Study from North West India

Akhil Kapoor, Mukesh Kumar Singhal, Puneet Kumar Bagri, Raj Kumar Nirban, Sitaram Maharia, Satya Narayan, Harvindra Singh Kumar

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150178

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Original Article

Current Clinical Opinions, Attitudes and Awareness of Interns Regarding Post-operative and Cancer Pain Management in A Tertiary Care Centre

Rachna Wadhwa, Geetanjali Chilkoti, Ashok Kumar Saxena

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150180

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Original Article

Perspectives of Cardiac Care Unit Nursing Staff about Developing Hospice Services in Iran for Terminally ill Cardiovascular Patients: A Qualitative Study

Saber Azami-Aghdash, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Mohammad Naghavi-Behzad, Shahin Imani, Mir Hossein Aghaei

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150185

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Original Article

Spiritual Needs of Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Study

Khadijeh Hatamipour, Maryam Rassouli, Farideh Yaghmaie, Kazem Zendedel, Hamid Alavi Majd

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150190

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Original Article

Impact of Cancer Support Groups on Childhood Cancer Treatment and Abandonment in a Private Pediatric Oncology Centre

Arathi Srinivasan, Khushboo Tiwari, Julius Xavier Scott, Priya Ramachandran, Mathangi Ramakrishnan

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150192

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Acute Palliative Care Case Series: Case 1

Management of Hemichorea Hemiballismus Syndrome in an Acute Palliative Care Setting

Anuja Damani, Arunangshu Ghoshal, Naveen Salins, Jayita Deodhar, Mary Ann Muckaden

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150193

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Acute Palliative Care Case Series: Case 2

Management of Levofloxacin Induced Anaphylaxis and Acute Delirium in a Palliative Care Setting

Arunangshu Ghoshal, Anuja Damani, Naveen Salins, Jayita Deodhar, Mary Ann Muckaden

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150194

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Acute Palliative Care Case Series: Case 3

Management of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in an Acute Palliative Care Setting

Shrenik Ostwal, Naveen Salins, Jayita Deodhar, Mary Ann Muckaden

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150195

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Case Report

Is Mechanism and Symptom-Based Analgesia an Answer to Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia?

Mayank Gupta, Priyanka Gupta

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150196

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Case Report

Long-Term High-dose Oral Morphine in Phantom Limb Pain with No Addiction Risk

Vinod Kumar, Rakesh Garg, Sachidanand Jee Bharati, Nishkarsh Gupta, Sushma Bhatanagar, Seema Mishra, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150198

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Case Report

Smartphone Applications in Palliative Homecare

Sunil R Dhiliwal, Naveen Salins

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150199

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Case Report

Oral Myiasis

Thalaimalai Saravanan, Mathan A Mohan, Meera Thinakaran, Saneem Ahammed

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150200

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Practitioner Section

Future of Palliative Medicine

Sushma Bhatnagar, Mayank Gupta

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150201

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Practitioner Section

Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Pain Management: A Systematic Review

Priyanka Singh, Aditi Chaturvedi

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150202

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Practitioner Section

Application of Low Frequency and Medium Frequency Currents in the Management of Acute and Chronic Pain-A Narrative Review

Stephen Rajan Samuel, G Arun Maiya

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150203

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Letters to Editor

Musculoskeletal Complaints and Predictors of Musculoskeletal Pain Among Adults in Rural Puducherry

Anindo Majumdar, S Ganesh Kumar, Divya Nair, Akkilagunta Sujiv

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150206

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Letters to Editor

Preference of the Place of Death

SimSai Tin, Viroj Wiwanitkit

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150205

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Letters to Editor

Telephone Triage in Palliative Care: Looking Forward to Move Forward…

Nisha Rani Jamwal, Senthil P Kumar

DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150207

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