Culture, communication and community in palliative cancer care: a view from India
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ecancermedicalscience-2022-editorial-120.pdf
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Banerjee, Dwaipayan
Date Issued
2022
Journal
ecancermedicalscience
Publisher
Ecancer Global Foundation
Citation
Banerjee, Dwaipayan. 2022. "Culture, communication and community in palliative cancer care: a view from India." ecancermedicalscience, 16.
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Final published version
Abstract
Two palliative cancer-care models are being pioneered in India. The first has been developed by CanSupport, a cancer-care NGO based in Delhi. The CanSupport model of care emphasizes expertise and focuses on a relatively small number of patients. The second model is the Neighbourhood Network of Palliative Care, advanced by a group of physicians in the southern state of Kerala. The NNPC model emphasizes reach over expertise. It provides short-term training to community workers and civic-minded citizens, mobilizing numbers to treat a wider patient pool. This paper compares the strengths and drawbacks of both models in order to understand the generalizability of each for providing care to lower-income communities in lower- and middle-income countries.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
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https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2022.ed120
