End of Life

What are we willing to pay for the quality of death we want?

Can patients be at risk of self-harm after being found ineligible for a medically-assisted death?

Bridging the Gap: Compassionate communities are essential for care

‘Tell me it will be OK:’ Learning to deal with patients’ pain

As a surgical resident, a huge part of my job is, unexpectedly, palliation. But I’ve never received training on how to do it. Am I doing it right? I wonder.

Not scared of dying but of dying scared

Last rights: Connecting the space between palliative care and MAiD

For my Mom, palliative care and MAiD unfolded gracefully together. My family’s experience is one among many that might prompt Canada’s palliative care organizations to reconsider their relationship to MAiD

Why do some deaths hit harder than others?

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the dying experience

CPSO’s revised end-of-life policy is ethically problematic

Post-COVID-19, we must fight to keep healthcare for all

Unplanned hospitalizations – and coronavirus – must trigger advanced care planning discussions

The MAiD 10-day waiting period: is it doing more harm than good?

Three years post legislation, it is time to reflect on whether the 10-day waiting period is an effective mechanism for confirming that a wish is enduring.

Canada’s death investigation system needs an overhaul

We need to change how we discuss goals of care in Canada

Expanding MAiD criteria could irreversibly harm the most vulnerable

Since most MAiD requests stem from concerns over autonomy and control, we must ask ourselves if supporting the expansion of MAiD for a few justifies exposing an ever-increasing number of vulnerable patients to its irreversible harms.

Determining who gets to access Medical Assistance in Dying is all of our responsibility

In relying on our judicial system to decide who has the right to access MAiD as a means to relieve intolerable suffering, we are delaying important decisions on how to deliver high-quality end-of-life care to all Canadians.

Rapid fire: Geriatric Medicine

Why does my parent have bedsores while staying in a nursing home?

The controversy around estimating deaths from medical error

What it’s really like to die at home in Ontario