Unbearable Pain
India’s Obligation to Ensure Palliative Care
Map 1:
States in which Human Rights Watch conducted field research on palliative care
Overview
Key
Recommendations
Methodology
A Brief
Introduction to Palliative Care and Pain Treatment
Palliative
Care and Pain Treatment in India
The Plight
of Patients
The
Suffering Caused by Untreated Pain
The
Contrast: When Patients Do Gain Access to Pain Management
Issues
around Gaining Access to Pain Management
The Causes
of the Palliative Care and Pain Treatment Gap
Policy
Education
Drug
Availability
Map 2:
States and Union Territories that have adopted the model rule
The Human
Rights Analysis
National Law
The Right to
Health
Palliative
Care and the Right to Health
The
Prohibition of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment
A Way
Forward
Refraining
from Interference with and Facilitating Development of Palliative Care
Ensuring
Integration of Palliative Care into Health Services
Recommendations
to the INCB and Donors
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1:
Morphine Licensing System under Unamended State Narcotics Rules
Procedure
for Obtaining a Possession License
Procedure
for Obtaining Procurement Licenses
Annex 1:
Model Rule
Annex 2:
Palliative Care Taskforce Recommendation
Annex 3:
Palliative Care Policy Kerala
Annex 4:
Letter from Human Rights Watch to the Union Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare
Annex 5:
Letter from Human Rights Watch to the Medical Council of India
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