To Neha, a mother of two with metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer, hospice meant the transition from “I do not want to live” at the end of the hospital treatment to “Could you get me a pack of cards and not tell my husband please?” The latter was in the hospice where she found solace and spent her last days by choice.
This narrative “Hospice – Where Peace and Turmoil Coexist” by Dr Vidya Viswanath, published in the Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, reinforces the fact that the hospice is truly a philosophy of care where powerful and contrasting emotions do coexist.
The Journal of Pain and Palliative care Pharmacotherapy is an indexed journal that has made the narratives free access. The Journal welcomes your narratives on pain, suffering and relief. Tell your story to the world and help improve palliative care awareness.
This review was originally published in the Pallium India newsletter.
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