CoV-2) pandemic will likely strain our health care system beyond capacity, and palliative care
services will be needed across many different care settings, including intensive care units, …

Screening for poverty. 2, 3 Providing health care to uninsured migrants. 4 Advocating for a
national pharmacare program. 5 These are but 3 examples of how family physicians are …

As family physicians, we hold a unique position within the health care system. We have the
opportunity to build trusting lifelong relationships with our patients and are frequently their …

Objective With increasing evidence from controlled trials on benefits of early palliative care,
there is a need for studies examining implementation in real‐world settings. The …

As more jurisdictions consider legalizing medical assistance in dying or assisted death (AD),
there is an ongoing debate about whether AD is driven by socioeconomic deprivation or …

Purpose To evaluate whether the early identification of patients who may benefit from palliative
care impacts on the use of palliative, community and acute-based care services. Methods …

Background: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was legalized in Canada in June 2016.
There are no documented experiences of MAiD provision within a home palliative care …

This is the final of 4 articles on social accountability in family medicine and the role of family
doctors in advocating for health equity. Previously, we described the scope of social …

Objective To explore educational factors that influence family medicine residents’ (FMRs’)
intentions to offer palliative care and palliative care home visits to patients. Design Qualitative …

As the Royal College of Physicians polls its members in the UK this February, Sandy Buchman,
the Canadian Medical Association9s president elect, explains how accepting terminally …