ACCESS TO PALLIATIVE CARE DOES NOT MEAN THE QUALITY WAS GOOD

摘要

In their article in CMAJ, Downar and colleagues provided a descriptive analysis of patient characteristics for patients who have received medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in comparison to patients who died from any cause. One of the authors' stated intentions was to address the concern that patients may seek MAiD as a consequence of poor access to palliative care. Therefore, how access to palliative care was defined and captured in this study is of paramount importance to any associations implied.