Changes are needed to boost end-of-life care in Canada, doctors say. The country is ranked 18th worldwide for provision of palliative care. "We ought to be doing better and can be doing better,” Dr. Graeme Rocker, a respirologist at Dalhousie University, said. ( Shaun Best / REUTERS )Canada needs to broaden its approach to palliative care to provide support to patients with serious chronic illnesses, not just those with cancer, suggests a group of doctors who deal with end-of-life care. “We ought to be doing better and can be doing better,” co-author Dr. Graeme Rocker, a respirologist at Dalhousie University, said in an interview from Halifax.

Source: thestar August 22, 2016 22:05 UTC