The first issue addresses the relief of pain and suffering. The availability, accessibility, and effectiveness of modern methods in controlling pain make it mandatory for every medical personnel to have adequate knowledge in the use of these pain reduction techniques.
It is estimated that only 3% of India’s cancer patients have access to adequate pain relief.
Inadequate attention to pain relief may be due to moral and legal malpractice which leads to a violation of the principle of ethics. Many medical practitioners still lack in the right approach to pain management, which leads to a fastidious use of analgesics. One cannot have a debate on pain management and exclude the ethical issues that arise due to the doses of painkillers that are …show more content…
However, the main opposition to the approach of multi-specialist treatment in India is the fame of “outpatient homecare programs” and services. A study of 33 palliative care clinics across Kerala highlights that outpatient treatment with a supportive homecare service is now being adopted as the main mode of palliative care.
A homecare team mainly consists of highly trained nurses, the patient’s family members, and also social workers, who travel in “Rickshaws” to visit the patient who suffers from incurable diseases like cancer and provide all the necessary support and advice to the patient and his/her family.
Another example of the third issue is the Bangalore Hospice Trust of the Indian Cancer Society, which has provided care for the terminally ill since 1994.
Hence, in India, instead of following the inpatient multi-physician-based services more prominent in the Western care models, the convenient and cost-effective models of Indian palliative care which often revolve around medical and psychosocial support delivered directly by nurses and family members holds more
It is estimated that only 3% of India’s cancer patients have access to adequate pain relief.
Inadequate attention to pain relief may be due to moral and legal malpractice which leads to a violation of the principle of ethics. Many medical practitioners still lack in the right approach to pain management, which leads to a fastidious use of analgesics. One cannot have a debate on pain management and exclude the ethical issues that arise due to the doses of painkillers that are …show more content…
However, the main opposition to the approach of multi-specialist treatment in India is the fame of “outpatient homecare programs” and services. A study of 33 palliative care clinics across Kerala highlights that outpatient treatment with a supportive homecare service is now being adopted as the main mode of palliative care.
A homecare team mainly consists of highly trained nurses, the patient’s family members, and also social workers, who travel in “Rickshaws” to visit the patient who suffers from incurable diseases like cancer and provide all the necessary support and advice to the patient and his/her family.
Another example of the third issue is the Bangalore Hospice Trust of the Indian Cancer Society, which has provided care for the terminally ill since 1994.
Hence, in India, instead of following the inpatient multi-physician-based services more prominent in the Western care models, the convenient and cost-effective models of Indian palliative care which often revolve around medical and psychosocial support delivered directly by nurses and family members holds more