Medical Assistance in Dying committee  This is a question that will require far more than two minutes to answer.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'm just referring to the recent report of the Quebec National Assembly special commission. It contains I think the very basis of how we should consider advance directives to be included in the medical assistance in dying act. The current position of the Select Committee on the

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  The data provided by Health Canada is correct. This refers only to investigative data on palliative care provided to patients prior to medical assistance in dying. There should be a more precise definition of what palliative care is being referred to when asking if a patient has

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  You are mistaken, because I did not in any way mean to take a disdainful tone. Throughout my career in palliative care, I have had to use palliative sedation hundreds of times. When MAID came into force, health care professionals working in palliative care appeared not to approv

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Right now, I, personally, use palliative sedation when MAID is not possible. Palliative sedation will always have its place. None of my patients has ever spontaneously chosen palliative sedation over MAID when given a choice between the two. Palliative sedation is an important m

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I experienced it profoundly. When I started working in the field of palliative care, I was working at Maison Michel-Sarrazin. The Maison Michel-Sarrazin is one of the most renowned homes for quality care. When I started working there, the law on medical assistance in dying did

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I respond to all the MAID requests I receive by providing the best palliative care at my disposal. As I see it, there is no conflict. There's no difference between medical assistance in dying and other palliative care measures.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  What is palliative care? Palliative care is comfort care. It is not intended to cure, and patients at the end of life have only comfort care to relieve them. What is comfort care? It varies in nature. It can be treatment, pain management and management of other physical symptom

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I will try to summarize, Mr. Arseneault. In my view, good palliative care is comfort care that is available to people wherever they are, even at home, and is sufficient to meet their needs satisfactorily. Higher quality palliative care...

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  In my opinion, good palliative care is comfort care that is accessible and satisfactory in the majority of cases. I will give an example. There are different levels of pain management, but what is important is to make basic treatment techniques and approaches accessible. That's

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Not only does it suit me, but personally it is the approach I have always used.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  There are certainly many levels of palliative care. When we think of palliative care, we think especially of hospices where the quality of care is really, let's say, extraordinary. It is so extraordinary that it is impossible to believe that such care could be offered more broadl

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Five minutes is really not enough. Thank you.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Good evening. Thank you for welcoming me to this committee. I have been practising medicine in the field of palliative care for 30 years, and I have administered medical assistance in dying 180 times in the last six years, mostly at home. I was asked to speak a little about pa