[India] Enhancing palliative care through university-community partnerships: A systematic review of models, impacts, and challenges

[India] Enhancing palliative care through university-community partnerships: A systematic review of models, impacts, and challenges
BMC Palliative Care; by Alaka Chandak, Priyadarshini Bhalchandra Kulkarni; 6/25
This systematic review highlights the deep potential of university–community partnerships (UCPs) to act as agents of change in palliative care education and service provision. Such collaborations complementarily improve the quality of life of the elderly while availing healthcare students with essential experiential learning opportunities. Exceptional models, such as the CARE program, illustrate the double benefit of improved community welfare and the creation of effective empathetic professionals with the capability to cater to the complex demands of caring.