End-of-life care: Maclean’s hosts a national dialogue

Timely talk about an issue of vital importance to all Canadians

<p>A woman holds the hand of her mother who is dying from cancer during her final hours at a palliative care hospital in Winnipeg July 24, 2010. Picture taken July 24, 2010.      REUTERS/Shaun Best   (CANADA &#8211; Tags: HEALTH) &#8211; RTR2ID7P</p>

A woman holds the hand of her mother who is dying from cancer during her final hours at a palliative care hospital in Winnipeg July 24, 2010. Picture taken July 24, 2010. REUTERS/Shaun Best (CANADA – Tags: HEALTH) – RTR2ID7P

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Maclean’s and the Canadian Medical Association travelled to communities across Canada to explore end-of-life issues affecting patients, health care professionals and the country. Check out video highlights further down this page. The national dialogue culminated in a CMA report on end-of-life care released in Ottawa on June 10. We also hosted a live chat with Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti, the CMA’s president, on May 5, when he answered many of your thoughtful questions.

The report


The livechat


The conversations

Our first stop was St. John’s on Feb. 20. Next, we headed west to Vancouver on March 24, Whitehorse on April 16, Regina on May 7, and Mississauga, Ont., on May 27. Click the city for video highlights.

Mississauga, ON — May 27

Regina, SK — May 7

Whitehorse, YT — April 16

Vancouver, B.C. — March 24

St. John’s, NL — Feb. 20

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