Palliative Care in Kerala

The Indian state of Kerala has a remarkable palliative care program.  It is an example of what can be done with little money and unl9imited compassion.  Volunteers are the linchpin in Kerala’s palliative care system — one that was singled out as “a beacon of hope" in The Economist’s “Quality of Death” study in 2010. Kerala’s achievement is especially significant at a time when richer Indian states and wealthy countries like the United States are struggling with the same challenge: How can health systems offer the possibility of a dignified death to everyone?

Full NY Times article: In India, Dispensers of Balm Travelto Death’s Door

by Ankita Rao January 12, 2016

Volunteer and Patient in Kerala