Mottiar: Ontarians need better access to palliative care

Last week was National Hospice Palliative Care week. In palliative care, we focus on improving a person’s quality of life by alleviating symptoms such as pain, breathlessness and anxiety. In distinction to many other areas of medicine, we know that almost all of us will eventually benefit from good palliative care at the end of our lives. We also know that our population is aging and that over time the number of people requiring palliative care has and will continue to increase.
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