The imbalance of seeing assisted suicide rather than comprehensive care as “mercy” will only be corrected when palliative care becomes a cornerstone of Canadian health care.
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A new study suggests that Quebec has gone from reporting the shortest wait times for medical treatment in Canada to the middle of the pack over the past two decades.
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Emergency-room doctors in Montreal are accusing the Quebec Health Department of “cannibalizing” scarce ER resources as the government shifts more family physicians to so-called super clinics.
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“Thirteen years after my aunt slowly and painfully died, I trained in the newly established speciality of medical oncology. I began to see newer emerging team-based palliative care treatment options for those like my aunt.”
A letter from a concerned person whose aunt died via euthanasia, outlines how their aunt may have only had a bladder infection.
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