title: An island of compassion.
abstract: This narrative describes the experience of a palliative care physician from Australia visiting the palliative care service at a cancer hospital in India. The place of compassion in an environment of limited resources is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ballarat Hospice Care Inc, 312 Drummond Street South, Ballarat, Victoria 3350, Australia. davebrumley@me.com
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brumley
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*