Policy / Legal

Question 1

What 2 forms of assisted death does MAID include:

Answer 1

• euthanasia (physician administered)
• assisted suicide (self administered)

Question 2

3 areas the CHPCA works on:

Answer 2

Policy
Public education
Awareness

Question 3

How and when was a specialty for care of the terminally ill born?

Answer 3

Dame Cicely Saunders
Hospice movement with establishment of St. Christopher’s in England 1967

Question 4

What key milestone occurred in Canada’s hospice/palliative care movement around 1970?

Answer 4

Rapid expansion of cancer treatment programs whereby treatment was starting to be categorized as either palliative or curative
First palliative care units opened in 1974 (St. Bonniface’s in Winnipeg, and Royal Victoria in Montreal)

Question 5

When was the first research and education institute in Palliative Care created?

Answer 5

1983 - University of Ottawa

Question 6

What was the original name of CHPCA? When was it established?

Answer 6

CPCA - hospice was not in the name
Founded in 1991
Name change in 2001

Question 7

CHPCA’s landmark publication used as a “norms of practice” guide nationally and internationally

Answer 7

A model to guide hospice palliative care: based on the national principles and norms of practice
Released in 2002

Question 8

When was the compassionate care benefit announced by the Government of Canada

Answer 8

2003

Question 9

5 choosing wisely recommendations for CSPCP

Answer 9

1) don’t delay PC just because a patient is receiving goal directed treatment
2) don’t delay ACP
3) don’t use O2 in non-hypoxic patients
4) don’t use stool softeners alone for opioid induced constipation
5) don’t transfuse PRBC’s arbitrarily if no symptoms, and no benefit from previous transfusions