Barbara Pesut

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The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association is calling on health authorities to “implement a more compassionate approach to end-of-life visitations … during the COVID-19 pandemic.” (Shutterstock)

Coronavirus public health restrictions shouldn’t mean dying alone

Barbara Pesut, University of British Columbia

Preventing people from dying alone in a pandemic takes ingenuity and money, but it’s the right thing to do.
Without an understanding of the complexities of medically assisted dying, it’s difficult for patients and families to make good decisions. (Shutterstock)

Why people choose medically assisted death revealed through conversations with nurses

Barbara Pesut, University of British Columbia and Sally Thorne, University of British Columbia

Nurses who surround the process of medically assisted dying are an important source of insight into the real conversations our society needs to have about what it’s really like.

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