Industry Notes:
Difficulty accessing hospice care isn't
Published on Tue May 18, 2010
Difficulty accessing hospice care isn't only a problem in this country. There is not enough quality palliative care available for dying cancer patients in Canada, according to a special report by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) on end-of-life care. That's despite cancer being the leading cause of death in the country (29 percent). While most dying patients chose to die at home, about 55 percent of deaths occur in hospitals in Canada. "One reason for this is because community- based services are not available for dying people," CCS says in a release. The report is at
www.cancer.ca.