Patient Rights Guide/Booklet – “Your Rights and Options at the End of Life”
“Patient Rights Booklet – Your Rights and Options at the End of Life”
Introduction
“The process of dying can be scary. Many of us think about dying in a vague way, hoping it will happen at home after a brief illness, without pain, surrounded by loving friends and family. In fact, most Canadians don’t die that way. Too many of us die in hospital, tethered to machines, tagged to receive CPR even if we don’t want it. Fear causes us to avoid planning for health care at the end of life, and that can result in all sorts of problems. Planning in advance confronts those fears and increases our chances of a good death down the road.”
Key Contents of Guide
- Informed Consent
- Advance Care Directives
- Your Substitute Decision Maker
- Medical Treatment
- CPR And DNR Orders
- Stop Treatments
- Refuse Food And Drink
- Pain And Symptom Management
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Sedation
- Physician-Assisted Dying
- About End Of Life Planning Canada
“Planning makes the process of dying less scary.” To access the full guide in pdf format, click here.
