Healthcare Report: Analyzing Death and Dying in Canada

This report provides an analysis of the challenges related to death and dying in Canada's healthcare system. The report examines the current state of palliative care, highlighting the limited access to services and the government's efforts to improve care delivery through initiatives like training for paramedics and home visits by doctors and nurses. It also addresses the issue of patients' right to die with dignity, referencing the lack of palliative care centers. The report emphasizes the importance of patient rights, including access to palliative care and the ability to choose their end-of-life care setting. It underscores the responsibility of the government and healthcare professionals to meet the needs and wishes of patients, providing a framework for an esteemed form of care delivery. The analysis is based on news articles from The Globe and Mail and Global News, and references a textbook on aging and society in Canada.

Running head: DEATH AND DYING IN CANADA
Death and Dying in Canada
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In the first article by André Picard published in 2018 in The Globe and Mail, Canada
deals with the benefit of palliative care; however the number of people gaining an access for
the service is quite less (Picard, 2018). There are certain factors which influence this
phenomenon like the lack of timely access to the service or the lack of coordination among
the interprofessionals who are delegated to provide the necessary care to the individual.
However, to improve this, the government planned to provide training to paramedics such
that hospital transfers are avoided while also provisioning for doctors and nurses to go the
homes of the individual for care delivery.
In another news article by Anne Leclair of Global News, Canada published in 2019
which dealt with the issue experienced by Quebecers of the right to die at home (Leclair,
2019). It had been promised by the government that around 68 palliative care centres will be
launched; however, only one has been made so far. Hence, it is the right of the individual to
die with dignity at home is taken away by the government. It is to say the least that a patient
who are in their end-of-life, deserve to do whatever they wish for and get to choose the way
in which they want to acquire death.
After critically analysing the two newspaper articles, it could be understood that the
situation in Canada is grave relating to end-of-life care. It is a basic human right of the patient
to gain an access to the palliative healthcare centre or in their home (Novak, Northcott &
Campbell, 2018). In addition, it is also the wish of the patient to die with dignity in a
surrounding that is dear to them. It is the responsibility of the government and the healthcare
specialists in the form of physicians and nurses that the needs and wishes of the patient is
acknowledged and executed for providing an esteemed form of care delivery.
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References
Leclair, A. (2019). Palliative care patients, doctors, caregivers in Quebec desperate for more
home care services. Global News, Canada. Retrieved from
https://globalnews.ca/news/6190600/palliative-care-quebec-home-care-services/
Novak, M., Northcott, H., & Campbell, L. (2018). Aging and Society: Canadian
Perspectives, 8th Edition (8th ed.). Nelson College Indigenous.
Picard, A. (2018). Almost all Canadians would benefit from palliative care. Only one in
seven can actually access it at end-of-life. The Globe And Mail, Canada. Retrieved
from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-almost-all-canadians-would-
benefit-from-palliative-care-only-one-in/
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