Personal Stories
Advance care planning: When a patient’s wishes are ignored
Carrie is 68 and has been in a psychiatric unit for more than a year for a severe somatoform disorder.…
April 19, 2017
Sharing the stories and updates you need to know.
Carrie is 68 and has been in a psychiatric unit for more than a year for a severe somatoform disorder.…
April 19, 2017
When Ellen Agger’s mother was diagnosed with dementia in 1996, both of their lives were suddenly changed overnight. Thrust into…
April 6, 2017
Recently, Nina Lee — one of Dying With Dignity Canada’s monthly donors — offered to share her powerful perspective with…
March 9, 2017
Married for 56 years, Christie and Will Bentham spawned a legacy of giving that continues on in their wake.
December 2, 2016
Assisted dying, physician-assisted death, medical assistance in dying. These are some of the terms our spokespeople use when they give…
September 23, 2016
Dr. Donald Sutherland with daughter Barbara at the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre in Toronto. A man of high principles During my…
February 12, 2016
Join the growing list of storytellers who have shared their experience with end-of-life choice on the Dying With Dignity Canada blog.
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