When researching the film I referred to several books, articles, websites and films, some of which are listed below in the hope that others may find them helpful. There is also some useful information on palliative care organisations should you need to get in touch with them.
books
Kathryn Mannix, With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial, William Collins, 2017
Ranjana Srivastava, Tell Me the Truth: Conversations with My Patients About Cancer, Life and Death, Penguin, 2014
Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End, Picador, 2014
Atul Gawande, Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, Penguin, 2007
Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science, Penguin, 2002
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death & Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy & Their Own Families, Scribner, Reprint edition 2014
Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air: What Makes Life Worth Living in the Face of Death?, Vintage, 2016
Henry Marsh, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery, W&N, 2014
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Fourth Estate, 2011
Sr. Agnes Panikulam, Counseling & Palliative Care: A Handbook for Counselors, CanSupport publication, 2008, info@cansupport.org
The Little Book on Hands-on Palliative Care for Nurses, CanSupport publication, info@cansupport.org
Palliative Care is Special Care, CanSupport publication, info@cansupport.org
articles
Ankur Paliwal, The long days and fleeting friendships of a palliative care worker. Sep 03, 2016, www.scroll.in
Ankur Paliwal, Too little, too late: Why palliative care is vastly inadequate in India. Oct 18, 2016, www.scroll.in
TK Devasia, God’s own country: Kerala is the best place to die in India. Oct 21, 2015, www.scroll.in
Divya Khosla, Firuza D Patel, and Suresh C Sharma, Palliative Care in India: Current Progress and Future Needs. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 2012 Sep-Dec; 18(3): 149–154
V. Jain, Palliative care in India: Trials, tribulations, and future prospects. Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2018;23:55-8. Available from: https://www.jmgims.co.in/text.asp?2018/23/2/55/243136
MR Rajagopal, The Current Status of Palliative Care in India, Cancer Control, 2015. Available from: http://www.cancercontrol.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/57-62-MR-Rajagopal-.pdf
films
Hospital (1970), by Frederick Wiseman IMDb.com
Near Death (1989), by Frederick Wiseman IMDb.com
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Facing Death (2003), by Stefan Haupt IMDb.com
The English Surgeon (2007), by Geoffrey Smith IMDb.com
Chemo (2009), by Pawel Lozinski IMDb.com
Sofia’s Last Ambulance (2012), by Ilian Metev IMDb.com
Hotline (2015), by Silvina Landesman IMDb.com
Twilight of a Life (2015), by Sylvain Biegeleisen IMDB.com
palliative care organisations
CanSupport, New Delhi / India, https://cansupport.org
Helpline: +91 11 4101 0539
PALCARE, Mumbai / India palcareindia.org
Helpline: +91 808 211 0073 / +91 777 494 7281
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