Tools for Practice

Facing Death (Frontline documentary)
PBS Broadcast "Facing Death" - Available to view on-line

This documentary takes a closer look at today's complicated end-of-life...

A pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death.  D. Micah Hester takes seriously the...

Designed to help those facing any health-related and/or social decisions. It can help people assess their decision making needs, plan the...

A website dedicated to fostering effective communication, create community and facilitate care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons at...

This booklet gives easy to understand information about the risks and benefits of mechanical ventilation to assist patients and families...

Under Quebec civil law, the mandate in case of inability (or incapacity) is broader than the advanced directives for consent...

Information about organ donation for palliative care patients in British Columbia available on the Victoria Hospice Society website.

Ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada on physician-assisted suicide in February 2015.

Website and free downloadable information brochure developed by the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie University.

This toolkit was produced through a joint initiative by Advance Care Planning in Canada “Speak Up” and Prostate Cancer Canada....