End of Life

Bazinga! A unified model of palliative care in Ontario

To ensure access to high-quality palliative care for all Ontarians facing a life-limiting illness, we need a unified model of palliative care across Ontario.

Focus on palliative care will help hospitals recover from COVID-19

To address the surgical backlog caused by COVID-19, we need community-based palliative care to free up important hospital resources.

Why choose palliative care?

You may assume that palliative care is synonymous with end-of-life or hospice care. Our goal is to eliminate this common misconception.

MAiD debate must be paused until we have dealt with COVID-19

Rather than rushing to amend our Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law, Parliament should be focused on expanding access to social services.

If not now, when? Applying a palliative approach in long-term care

The timing could hardly be worse

You want to introduce fundamental change to a controversial practice during a pandemic? Bill C-7 will become law while every healthcare organization in the country is swamped by the worst crisis in living memory.

Bill 3 is a good start but more must be done for palliative care

Palliative vs. supportive: The zombie argument that refuses to die

Changing the name of palliative care to "supportive care" would be a lazy substitute for the important work of educating patients, families, caregivers and clinicians alike on what palliative care actually is.

Giving thanks for Dan’s Law

Raising the bar on our haphazard end-of-life transition from hospital to home

Palliative care needs better PR

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

NIMBYism? We’ll take that hospice, thanks!

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

A tale of two patients: The ‘postal code’ lottery of palliative care

Virus vs. Visitors – Why long-term care needs a palliative approach

‘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.

Australia offers lesson in palliative care

Palliative care training ‘woefully inadequate’ in meeting need