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Advance care planning / Decision making

Caregiver and caregiving

Children - About

Children - For

Communication

Complementary therapies

Culture

Death and dying

Decision making - see Advance care planning

Diseases

Education

Emotions

Ethics

Family

Financial considerations

Finding health information

Funerals and memorials

Government/group reports

Grief and bereavement

Health care directives - see Advance care planning

Hospice and palliative care

Books

Online Resources

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association - Position Statement re Euthanasia & Physician-assisted Suicide The position statement of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association.

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 Data...

Caring Connections Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national US website...

Children’s Palliative Care and Human Rights (Public Health Fact Sheet) This fact sheet examines the global need for children’s palliative care, the recognition of children’s palliative care under...

The Council on Palliative Care (Quebec) Website with downloadable resources, videos, lists of suggested books, readings, and Quebec programs and services (listed...

Dame Cicely Saunders Videotaped interview of Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the modern hospice movement who revolutionised palliative care...

Death By Design (podcast) We must become the designer of our own destination. We must learn how to build the pathways to our last chapter by creating...

A Deeper Understanding of Palliative Care This resource defines palliative care and details where it fits along a continuum of care, from diagnosis to end of life.

Dignity in Care Dignity in Care provides practical ideas and tools to support a culture of compassion and respect throughout the health care...

'Does cancer not care I have plans?': Terminal diagnosis forces author to grab hold of life Listen to a conversation with author Kate Bowler who was interviewed on "The Current" (CBC radio). Kate is the author of...