As part of our GCRF Project ‘Evaluating Community Palliative Care in Kerala, India’, the members of the project team gathered in Dumfries in November 2018, at the University of Glasgow School of Interdisciplinary Studies Campus, to kick off this new project with a series of workshops discussing strategy, research methods, and objectives for the project. As… Continue reading
Led by Professor David Clark, Professor Devi Vijay, Dr Ben Colburn, and Dr Jennifer Corns, and funded by the Scottish Funding Council, under its scheme for the Global Challenges Research Fund, this project will be the first to develop an evaluation model that can be used to assess the quality and outcomes of community palliative… Continue reading
In January 2012 I began studying for a cross-disciplinary PhD supervised by David Clark and Sandy Whitelaw from the End of Life Studies Team at the University of Glasgow’s Dumfries Campus. My thesis, entitled ‘The Treatment of Pain in India: power and practice’, was borne from the notion that global health improvement initiatives, despite being… Continue reading
On 9 March 2018, in a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court of India ruled that “‘passive euthanasia’ is lawful and legally permissible in this country”. What is the significance of this judgement, what are its implications for end of life care in India and what will the general public understand about this constitutional development? The key… Continue reading
Pain is a far-reaching phenomenon, present in all of our lives, whether it be the daily pain of hunger, the pain of loss, of bereavement, or following trauma, a heart attack or long-term disease, even terminal cancer. Untreated pain is a great burden – to individuals who suffer emotionally and are predisposed to further complications… Continue reading
Arriving in Mumbai, the city I am most familiar with in India, I reflected on how much had changed for me back home in the last year: a new home, a new job, and a husband. The noise, smells and sights of India felt reassuringly familiar. Less than 24 hours later I boarded a flight… Continue reading
வேலூர் கிறித்தவ மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனையில் ஆதரவு சிகிட்சைத்துறையில் ஆயராகப் பணியாற்ற 2004 – ம் ஆண்டு அழைப்புப் பெற்றேன். அப்போது தான் குணப்படுத்த இயலாத கொடிய நோய்களால் பாதிகப்பட்டவர்கள் மற்றும் மரணத்தருவாயில் இருப்போரைக் கவனிப்பதற்காக சிகிச்சை பிரிவு என்று ஒன்று இருப்பதை தெரிந்து கொண்டேன். அனைத்து மக்களும் ஒரு நாள் மரணத்தை சந்தித்தே ஆகவேண்டும். கொடிய நோய்களின் பாதிப்பால் மரணத்தை சந்திக்கிறவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை நாளுக்கு நாள் அதிகரித்துக்கொண்டேயிருக்கிறது. புற்று நோய் போன்ற கொடிய உயிர்க் கொல்லி… Continue reading
As a medical anthropologist on the Wellcome Trust funded project Global Interventions at the End of Life, I am interested in community participation in palliative care. In our study we are investigating the transfer and translation of a range of end of life interventions, across cultures and settings. One of these is the Neighbourhood Networks in Palliative Care… Continue reading
