7.9 Required Course Materials
In addition to the videos and reading links embedded into the chapter, you are required to complete the following course material:
Required Course Viewings
Canadian Virtual Hospice. (January 21, 2008). Canadian Virtual Hospice palliative care video [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ZWLoQkJD0WA
Covenant Health Canada (October 3, 2019). What is palliative care [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/Mc5ImaOciR4
Goldman, B. (Host). (August 24, 2018). White coat black art [Audio podcast episode]. ‘Going out with my boots on’: Tim Regan used his last days to lobby for a clearer path to assisted death. CBC Radio. https://podcast-a.akamaihd.net/mp3/podcasts/whitecoat-h0SkFJP9kp6abaN.mp3
Required Course Readings
Aleccia, J. (May 15, 2019). ‘Living their values’: Palliative care power couple faces cancer at home. KHN. https://khn.org/news/living-their-values-palliative-care-power-couple-faces-cancer-at-home/
Canada. (June 20, 2016). End-of-life care. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/topics/end-life-care.html
Collins, A. (November 1, 2017). Five common myths about palliative care and what the science really says. TheConversation.com. https://theconversation.com/five-common-myths-about-palliative-care-and-what-the-science-really-says-82248
Grant, M., Collins, A. & Philip, J. (October 29, 2017). What is palliative care? A patient’s journal through the system. TheConversation.com. https://theconversation.com/what-is-palliative-care-a-patients-journey-through-the-system-82246
Gunderman, R. (January 12, 2015). Last wishes add clear choices: learning how to talk about end-of-life care. TheConversation.com. https://theconversation.com/last-wishes-and-clear-choices-learning-how-to-talk-about-end-of-life-care-35665
Hannig, A. (June 2, 2020). Dying virtually: Pandemic drives medically assisted deaths online. TheConversation.com. https://theconversation.com/dying-virtually-pandemic-drives-medically-assisted-deaths-online-139093
Lupton, A. (October 26, 2021). Funeral homes pivot to offer rooms for medically assisted deaths. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/funeral-homes-pivot-to-offer-rooms-for-medically-assisted-deaths-1.6224353
Moura, C. (January 25, 2021). Dear Grandma. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 193(4). https://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/193/4/E139.full.pdf
Ontario. (n.d.). Medical Assistance in Dying. Ministry of Health. https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/maid/
Presern, E. (May 10, 2021). Palliative care: Is it time for health professionals to talk openly about psychedelic therapy? British Journal of General Practice, 71(708) 318-319. https://bjgp.org/content/bjgp/71/708/318.full.pdf
Wilhelm, T. (August 24, 2018). Windsor’s first death doula helps people plan their exits. Windsor Star. https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/windsors-first-death-doula-helps-people-plan-their-exits#:~:text=Whether%20it’s%20planning%20a%20living,help%20people%20do%20dying%20right.
Wilkinson, D. & Savulescu, J. (April 27, 2021). End-of-life care: People should have the option of general anaesthesia as they die. TheConversation.com. https://theconversation.com/end-of-life-care-people-should-have-the-option-of-general-anaesthesia-as-they-die-159653