Background Compassionate communities are rooted in a health promotion approach to
palliative care, aiming to support solidarity among community members at the end of life. …

Objectives To understand identity tensions experienced by health professionals when patient
partners join a quality improvement committee. Design Qualitative ethnographic study …

This chapter presents the way in which citizen and patient participation in Quebec’s health
and social services system came about, particularly though the presentation of what is now …

Background: Compassionate communities build on health promoting palliative care that aims
to address gaps in access, quality, and continuity of care in the context of dying, death, loss…

Context Engaging with peers is gaining increasing interest from healthcare systems in
numerous countries. Peers are people who offer support by drawing on lived experiences of …

Background: In 2016, the Canadian government legalized medical assistance in dying (MAiD)
for adults with terminal illness. The objective of this study was to explore the information …

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is still considered an evolving practice in Canada.
Practitioners are facing the challenge of staying up to date and hence need efficient continuing …

Context: Values and protocols for engaging patient-partners and community members in
patient-oriented research are frequently focused on recruitment and on-boarding. However, …

… Robin Miller, Professor of Collaborative Learning, 1 Viktoria Stein, Doctor, Assistant
Professor, 2 Heather Penwarden, Chair, 3 Eskil Degsell, 4 Ghislaine Rouly, Co-director, 5 …

Objective: To explore the perspective of family medicine residents (FMRs) about patient
partners in teaching participation in the practice-based learning program (PBLP) offered in …