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Between Theory and Bedside: What Early Palliative Care in Singapore Reveals About Cancer, Care, and the Limits of Knowledge
On paper, cancer care can be mapped, measured, and modelled. In practice, it is far less contained. For Charis Ng, a trainee health psychologist and PhD student, that gap between theory and lived reality became impossible to ignore during her…
Unpaid women carers: recognising their contribution and their needs in Latin America
Researchers and public policies have historically overlooked the challenges of informal caregiving for cancer patients in Latin America. Now, public health experts are working to profile this neglected group, evaluate their quality of life and put an economic value on…