Palliative medicine is very primitive in India. Doctors constantly work towards treating people of unimaginable diseases, but there is little that is done towards people who are terminally ill. There are hardly any avenues for palliative care in India. Dr.
Jeremy Johnson , in an exclusive KOL interview with Docplexus, talks about the importance of Palliative Medicine, the measures to improve it in India and his work for the last few years in the rural parts of India. Dr. Johnson is the Emeritus Consultant, Palliative Medicine and Director, Education & Research, Karunashraya, Bangalore Hospice Trust, Bangalore.
