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Quebec passes landmark end-of-life-care bill

June 6, 2014

Act respecting end-of-life care, Bill 52, allows terminally ill patients to choose death Terminally ill patients in ...

A Message From Dying with Dignity’s Wanda Morris: Urge Your MP to Attend June 10th Session

June 6, 2014

Information Session for Senators and MPs - June 10th June 10, 2014, Time: 6 to 8 p.m. in Ottawa House of Commons, ...

Rare agreement in Ontario on need for end-of-life discussions: Editorial

June 28, 2013

It’s a rare moment when all three political parties at Queen’s Park find themselves in agreement. But the complex ...

8 Phrases You Should Know to Get the End-of-Life Care you Want

April 5, 2013

National Advance Care Planning Day (April 16, 2013) is fast approaching again – and again we’ll hear many voices ...

Medical System fails to engage older patients in end of life care

April 5, 2013

April 5, 2013: Discussing end of life plans with family members isn’t a guarantee your wishes will be followed. ...

The CARP Poll: Advanced Directives Report

February 8, 2013

 February 8, 2013: For the most part members have not discussed end-of-life issues with their doctors but have ...

Ask the Doctor # 57: Pain Management in End-of-Life Care and the role of pain medications

February 8, 2013

In this article, I will specifically address the issue of how pain is managed with medications. As discussed in the ...

The Three Main Arguments in British Columbia’s Right to Die Case

January 25, 2013

The following analysis simplifies existing laws and the BC claim. The full claim filed by BC Civil Liberties, as well ...

Stroke victim’s wife fights physicians to keep him on artificial life support

January 25, 2013

As Dennis Daye lay unconscious in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Tuesday, his wife and physician sat in a hospital ...

Counterpoint, Opinion: Legalizing assisted suicide wrong and dangerous

January 23, 2013

MONTREAL — At the entry to Paris’s oldest hospital, the Hôtel Dieu, are these words: “To cure occasionally, ...