Palliative Care

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.

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

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.

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!

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

Pandemic exposes need to overhaul funding of hospice care

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

Pandemic exposes the need for mandatory palliative care training

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

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

We need more resources for palliative care patients at home

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