scholarly journals Difficulties In Providing Palliative Care For Terminal Cancer Patient In Rural India (West Bengal) – Experience Of An Ngo

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. i9-i9
Author(s):  
Aditya Manna
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Cancer Patient ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patient

scholarly journals Difficulties to Provide Palliative Care in West Bengal, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 172s-172s
Author(s):  
A. Manna
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Local People ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients ◽  
Result Analysis

Objective: In a southern district of West Bengal, India almost 75% of cancer patient die a sad death of neglect due to lack of awareness about palliative care and low economic level. To identify and try to solve to the extent possible the main difficulties in giving palliative care to the terminal cancer patients of the area. Method: Home visit by volunteers and enumeration of the problems as discussed by the patient and their families. Result: Analysis the following data and identify these main problems. Patient problems: Pain, vomiting, respiratory distress, fatigue, etc. Our volunteers visited terminal cancer patients and their families in our areas. Family problems: Inability to match work life with the care of the patients. Adverse attitude of neighbors and local peoples. Social problems: Lack of awareness of the neighbor of local people about cancer and palliative care resulting in isolation of the family. Projected Intervention: Trying to relieve the patient's problems through home based medications and intervention by volunteers and family members. Reorientating the attitude of family members through discussions and other methods of communication (i.e., get-together of cancer survivors). Social effort to raise the awareness of neighbors and local people through discussion and other audio visual method (i.e., poster, leaflet, slide presentation, etc.). Conclusion: We believe that if we are able to continue our program for a long enough period the suffering of the terminal cancer patient and their families might be resolved to a large extent over time.

A Preliminary Study for the Standardization of Central Venous Catheter Dressing Methods in Terminal Cancer Patient

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 695-698
Author(s):  
Gyoeng Na Lee ◽  
Youn Seon Choi ◽  
Jung Eun Kim ◽  
E Yeon Kim ◽  
Myung Yun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Central Venous Catheter ◽  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patient ◽  
Preliminary Study

scholarly journals Interview: Kate Granger

2015 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 254-256
Author(s):  
Sarah Ghabina
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Compassionate Care ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patient

How one doctor's distressing experiences as a terminal cancer patient drove her to launch a national campaign to improve compassionate care.

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