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Bill C-277: Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act

This enactment provides for the development of a framework designed to support improved access for Canadians to palliative care.

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The Best Care Possible - A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life

Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and...

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Palliative Care as a Human Right (Public Health Fact Sheet)

This fact sheet by the Open Society Public Health Program discusses the recognition of palliative care under international human rights...

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Palliative Medicine: Expert Consult (available online and print)

This new reference equips you with all of today's best international approaches for meeting complex and multifaceted challenges. Available in...

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Palliative Care Health Services Delivery Framework - Frequently Asked Questions

This Frequently Asked Questions document accompanies the Palliative Care Health Services Delivery Framework produced by the Ontario Palliative Care Network....

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The Council on Palliative Care (Quebec)

Website with downloadable resources, videos, lists of suggested books, readings, and Quebec programs and services (listed under Resources). Also available in...

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Palliative care in neurological disease : A team approach.

This unique and comprehensive book builds bridges between palliative and neurological care expertise for professionals who work with patients with...

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Hospice and Palliative Medicine Questions

This video series, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Questions (HPMQ), answers tough questions you may come across while caring for your...

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Early Palliative Care - Improving Quality of Life

4 minute video clip explains the value of palliative care within cancer care. In Canada there is not a difference between the words 'hospice' and 'palliative'...

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Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians – Response to “The Making of a Myth: Unreliable Data on Access to Palliative Care in Canada"

In response to the article by Jocelyn Downie that was being circulated last fall (“The Making of a Myth: Unreliable...

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