Rahul Devender Arora, Specialist Physician in Palliative Medicine, currently practicing in India.

The real motivation for publishing this blog has been the growing realization that this discipline is not being given its due along with the grudging reality that postgraduate practice is being reduced to a narrow construct which tends to limit the vast expanse of specialist palliation to pain only, conveniently forgetting the reality of daily practice which demands astute clinical management skills, incisive planning and strict competence in internal medicine.

Though not intentionally, but by virtue of its very existence, this endeavour might be positioned in opposition to the dominant ideology which tends to overlook the science and sidestep the complexities around decision making in advanced illness for an insulting oversimplification, which does not do justice to the lived reality of my patient and their family.

However despite this foreseeable ideological friction the intention remains to engage, to empower and to educate.

09.04.26 A change in position accompanied by job specifications which demand restrictions on engagement in the public domain may demand that the content of this blog move from an opinion-based, truth talking endeavour to mainstream academic content only. However, serious gaps in the understanding and practice of specialized palliation remain, and my writings will continue to question the status quo, whether that is a provocation, may be left open to interpretation.

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