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Moving toward a national policy on palliative and end of life care
Author(s) -
Stanley Macaden
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.76242
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , national policy , sign (mathematics) , end of life care , nursing , law , political science , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Indian Palliative Care has developed over the past 17 years but it has also developed disabilities due to lack of a National Policy and hence has compromised its effectiveness. It is true that we have come a long way but we still have many miles to go and we will get there only if we have a proper road map and sign posts. This article attempts to suggest some specific measures in establishing such a National Policy.

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