GMHC 2024

In Person Virtual

Impact of a replicable model of palliative care in underserved rural Indian communities

• Breakout Session
• Main Building ED 210/211/212
• November 8 2024 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
• P, PA, NP, N, D

India distinguishes itself as one of the worst places in the world to die (Lancet 2015). In rural areas, because of a severe lack of access to appropriate health care, disease often simply ravages the bodies of our precious people completely unchallenged. A host of factors preclude good quality of remaining life, and a good death. Home based palliative care in this scenario is a breath of fresh air, bringing relief, comfort and hope, thus affirming the dignity of human life grounded in Imago Dei