End of Life

196 articles:
In Memoriam
Palliative Care
MAiD
Goals of Care
by Arnav Agarwal Calvin Santiago Sumedha Arya

“We were woefully unprepared to accept that sometimes, there are no cures”
by Andreas Laupacis

We like to talk about “a good death.” But how often does this really happen?

A cardiologist told me that it is important that people have a good death. I thought of two patients who had recently died. Would they say they experienced a good death?
by Ralph Lewis

Depression and MAID: Terminally ill patients are often depressed. But that doesn’t mean they’re incompetent.

Depression biases a person’s outlook, but bias is not the same as mental incompetence. Doctors must balance protecting patients in vulnerable mental states from exercising poor judgment against respecting their autonomy.
by Jennifer Im Leah Steinberg

Why Canadians deserve better, earlier palliative care
by Kieran Quinn Chris Yarnell Lindsay Melvin Emily Hughes Sheliza Halani

To Treat or Not To Treat? Immigrant Status and End-of-Life & Delirium Treatment in Palliative Care
by Kieran Quinn Michael Fralick James Downar Emily Hughes Sheliza Halani

Summer Replay: Calling Home – Accuracy of The Surprise Question, Medical Assistance in Dying, and SGLT2 Inhibitors & DKA
by Paul Adams

Palliative care can’t wait: what I wish I’d known as my wife was dying

In the four years I accompanied my wife Suzanne as she endured the diagnoses and treatment for breast cancer, the most shocking moment came just five days before she died.

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