Existent models of academic Palliative Medicine in India
Background
The primary hospital based models of service delivery include the consultative model, the integrated model and a model that combines the two.
Objectives 
This paper attempts to put into focus the two existent academic models of Palliative Medicine in India which are offering a three year postgraduate training course in this subject. It attempts to compare and contrast the two, with an emphasis on their conceptualization, components and means to achieving the goal of palliation. 
Methods
The paper is a distillation of the author’s experiences at these two places. 
Results
There are two important models of Academic palliative medicine in the country, one bieng a consultative model based out of Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai and the other an integrated inpatient model nested within the Department of Oncoanaesthesiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The highlights of the first model include a deeply ingrained emphasis on the continuity of care which has lead to the creation of a qualified workforce capable of taking this service to the patients doorstep. The integrated model is the first of its kind in the country to house a dedicated six bedded inpatient unit which offers an opportunity to converge the science of Palliation with interventional pain management. It is one of the first units to offer training in intensive care to postgraduates in the subject.    
Conclusion  
These models of Palliative Medicine which have been closely developed in concurrence with the religious, socio political and cultural fibre of the community offer interesting examples of delivering palliation to the masses.

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