Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference 2022
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference The CHPCA’s Learning Institute brings together health care professionals from across the country for an intense learning opportunity over two days. The program is directed towards intermediate and advance learning levels and is facilitated by the best faculty in Canada along with recognized international leaders to make up most sophisticated […]
Three Big Reasons to Talk Now About Dying
[written by guest blogger Ann-Marie Gilbert] A few weeks ago the CBC dedicated an hour of their news show “The Current” to talking about end of life care. On the heels of the news coverage surrounding Brittany Maynard’s right to die, it seems appropriate to talk about death, dying, quality of life and dying with […]
Medically assisted dying? First ensure universal access to Hospice Palliative Care
Last June the B.C. Supreme Court struck down Canada’s ban on assisted suicide. The federal government launched an appeal. Yesterday Bill 52 was tabled in the Quebec National Assembly to legalize medically assisted dying. This bill would allow a physician who receive the repeated consent of a patient to administer medication with the specific purpose […]
Planning for dying while living in the moment
Early morning discussion “what is important to me when I am dying”
