The father of palliative care in Canada, physician Balfour Mount on the legacy of Cicely Saunders, the start of palliative care, and the true meaning of medical aid in dying.
Continue reading Portraits: Balfour MountEdward Bennett, Yale’s first quadriplegic graduate, has passed away after a passionately lived life.
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Аn interview with Aubert Martin and Alex Schadenberg
Continue reading Home Care Agencies Forced Into Becoming Euthanasia Facilitators
The month of April ended with the publication of the first federal interim report on euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada.
According to the report, there were 970 people who committed suicide with the assistance of a physician across the country. Nearly half of the euthanasia cases (463) occurred in Quebec during the first year of the Act Respecting End-of-Life Care, while the other half (504 cases of euthanasia and 3 assisted suicides) occurred in the rest of Canada ...
Continue reading Behind the mountain of numbers