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Access to Palliative Care in Canada This is the first time Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is releasing a comprehensive report on access to...

Access to Palliative Care: A Neglected Component of the Right to Health A Report on the Human Rights Council Side Event. On June 6, 2011, in conjunction with the 17th session of the...

Action Plan on Palliative Care: Building on the Framework on Palliative Care in Canada This Action Plan lays out Health Canada's five-year plan to tackle issues uncovered through the development of the Framework.

Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: A System Performance Report A report by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) centres on adolescents and young adults with cancer and reveals...

Advancing Collective Priorities: A Canadian Carer Strategy This report has been developed to showcase the progress made and outline the policies and practice initiatives that support...

Bill C-277: Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act This enactment provides for the development of a framework designed to support improved access for Canadians to palliative...

Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians – Response to “The Making of a Myth: Unreliable Data on Access to Palliative Care in Canada" In response to the article by Jocelyn Downie that was being circulated last fall (“The Making of a Myth: Unreliable Data...

Canadian Strategy on Palliative and End-of-Life Canadian Strategy on Palliative and End-of-Life Care Progress Report of the Coordinating Committee December 2002-March 2004...

Cannabis in Canada About cannabis, process of legalization, health effects, addiction, medical use, applying for industry licenses, consumer...

Children’s Palliative Care and Human Rights (Public Health Fact Sheet) This fact sheet examines the global need for children’s palliative care, the recognition of children’s palliative care under...