“Natural Attorneys of the Poor:” A Case Study on a Community Based Palliative Care
Model to Address Socioeconomic Causes of Suffering”

Author: Ramya Sampath, MD Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Journal: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Case Study
On an early fall morning, I set out for a coastal town in Kerala, India, with Pallium India’s
dedicated home care team. The road was narrow and tortuous as it contoured the
coast. I joined them as part of my research exploring how community-based
organizations like Pallium mobilized to meet the enormous primary care and palliative
care needs of populations at the margins of healthcare access. Our next patient,
Mathew, was due for a urinary catheter change.

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