The Palliative Approach

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The Palliative Approach, a blog hosted and edited by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, provides relevant and thought-provoking palliative care content for hospice palliative care professionals, volunteers, and supporters, as well as health care workers, and caregivers across Canada. It features articles in English and French on the latest research, innovative programs and initiatives, professional and personal experiences, and on building stronger support for palliative care in every community. 

  • November 11, 2022

    Visiting Connections – One Volunteer’s Story as an End of Life Companion

    Eight years ago, Angela McBride’s mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and spent the last seven and half weeks of her life at a palliative care facility in Winnipeg. Angela would visit her mother frequently there, and it was during these visits that she came to truly understand the value of companionship at end-of-life.

  • June 27, 2022

    Wild Roses

    By Courtney Murrell As a young girl, I remember drawing […]

  • June 27, 2022

    A profile of palliative home care clients receiving care in Ontario

    By Dawn M. Guthrie and Nicole Williams, Wilfrid Laurier University […]

  • June 27, 2022

    Developing the Role of Volunteers to Support Caregivers of Children Living with Medical Complexity

    Gloria Puurveen, PhD, Project Manager and Knowledge Translation – Nav-CARE […]

  • November 8, 2021

    A Rainbow of Opportunities: Improving 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusive Palliative Care

    By Shelly Cory, Executive Director of Canadian Virtual Hospice  People […]

  • November 1, 2021

    Death Literacy is Life Literacy

    By Maria Vassiliou Death Literacy is Life Literacy. Philotimo Life […]

  • April 28, 2021

    Bias and a “Good” Death

    By Clara Dyck *Please note, all identifiers have been changed […]

  • April 1, 2021

    Donating Dignity for Precious Little Angels

    By Robyn Moore Founded in 2014 and based in St […]

  • April 1, 2021

    Experiences with the health care system: Interviews with Caregivers about Palliative Care in Canada

    By Dawn Guthrie People generally prefer to receive palliative care […]

  • October 1, 2020

    Health care discussions for LGBTQ persons: hard conversations made harder

    By Brian de Vries The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a […]