Palliative care is aimed at relieving suffering and improving the quality of life for persons who are living with, or dying from, advanced illness or are bereaved. CHPCA offers resources to assist individuals and family members to navigate the vast amount of palliative care information and services available in Canada.
Position Statement on Hospice Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
In June 2016, the Federal Government enacted Bill C-14 legalizing assisted death under certain circumstances and adopted the term ‘medical assistance in dying’. As implemented in Bill C-14 (2018) medical assistance in dying includes both euthanasia (“the administering by a physician or nurse practitioner of a substance to a person, at their request, that causes […]
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