Support for those in Orlando
Often what we do in the medical profession comes at the result of tragedy. Perhaps an accident or act of carelessness causes an injury – those things are understandable because accidents do happen. We do our best to prevent such things. Unfortunately, what...
Guest column: We have right to die but not to quality palliative care
A few days after the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against doctor-assisted suicide, I received a note from a wonderful colleague of mine saying that her closest friend’s 53-year-old son had just died of spinal cancer. Two weeks before his...
Redefining Palliative Care
When we think of palliative care, we often think it is only for the dead and dying, however new studies are showing that it may in fact extend life. We long have associated palliative care with the end of life, where doctors and patients see it as the end of the road...
