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The week before a parliamentary debate took place on euthanasia and assisted suicide, one of the country’s experts on palliative care spoke to a group of concerned citizens in Ottawa about the issue. Dr. Jose Pereira Dr. Jose Pereira is a full professor and head of the division of palliative care at the University of Ottawa, medical chief of palliative medicine at the Elizabeth Bruyère Hospital in Ottawa and was practising in ...
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He's being moved to a palliative care hospital today. The doctor I spoke to today thinks he'll pass peacefully in his sleep within the next few days. He can't talk now, can't swallow. He smiles at us though, in between dozing. He knows we are there. Better go get ready for Sienna's dance concert tonight. Life has to go on, even while we wait for a life to end :)
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