Medical oncology in India: Workload, infrastructure, and delivery of care

Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Workload calculation: A Change in Current Workload

Introduction: It is an essential activity to quantify the Radiation Oncology Medical Physics (ROMP) workload for a safe, secure and progressive department. Due to the most recent development at Reza radiotherapy and Oncology Centre (RROC), a workload calculator tool is provided.   Materials and Methods: The Project was performed in different sections includin...

Recommendations to Support Nurses and Improve the Delivery of Oncology and Palliative Care in India

CONTEXT Nurses in India often practice in resource-constrained settings and care for cancer patients with high symptom burden yet receive little oncology or palliative care training. AIM The aim of this study is to explore challenges encountered by nurses in India and offer recommendations to improve the delivery of oncology and palliative care. METHODS Qualitative ethnography. SETTING Th...

Rural medical care in India.

Understanding Health Care Delivery System in India

Introduction: Liver is a vital organ of the body, anatomically situated mostly in right hypochondrium wit small extension into left hypochondrium also. Liver is the organ subjected to systemic infections by various microorganisms. Pyogenic and amebic liver abscess are the two common types of hepatic abscess. Pyogenic liver abscess are less common than amebic liver abscess. Right lobe of the liv...

Fatigue and the delivery of medical care.

Lack of sleep has well established effects on physiological, cognitive and behavioural functionality. Sleep deprivation can adversely affect clinical performance as severely as alcohol according to some sources. Sleep deficiency may be due to loss of one night’s sleep or repeated interruptions of sleep. Chronic sleep degrades the ability to recognise one’s ability to recognise the impairmen...