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End of life care

Explore our resources on end of life care. Our brochure is available in multiple languages.
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Brochure (PDF format)

Open PDF file, 77.73 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - English (English, PDF 77.73 KB)
Open PDF file, 148.4 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Arabic (Arabic, PDF 148.4 KB)
Open PDF file, 86.02 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Cape Verdean (Cape Verdean Creole, PDF 86.02 KB)
Open PDF file, 280.96 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Traditional Chinese (Chinese, Simplified, PDF 280.96 KB)
Open PDF file, 78.1 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Haitian Creole (Haitian Creole, PDF 78.1 KB)
Open PDF file, 691 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Khmer (Khmer, PDF 691 KB)
Open PDF file, 80.94 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Portuguese (Portuguese, Portugal, PDF 80.94 KB)
Open PDF file, 83.95 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Russian (Russian, PDF 83.95 KB)
Open PDF file, 79.69 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Spanish (Spanish, PDF 79.69 KB)
Open PDF file, 96.49 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Vietnamese (Vietnamese, PDF 96.49 KB)

Brochure (Word Document format)

Open DOCX file, 26.43 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - English (English, DOCX 26.43 KB)
Open DOC file, 56 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Arabic (Arabic, DOC 56 KB)
Open DOC file, 68.5 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Cape Verdean (Cape Verdean Creole, DOC 68.5 KB)
Open DOC file, 51 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Traditional Chinese (Chinese, Simplified, DOC 51 KB)
Open DOCX file, 19 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Haitian Creole (Haitian Creole, DOCX 19 KB)
Open DOCX file, 21.81 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Khmer (Khmer, DOCX 21.81 KB)
Open DOCX file, 22.95 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Portuguese (Portuguese, Portugal, DOCX 22.95 KB)
Open DOC file, 66.5 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Russian (Russian, DOC 66.5 KB)
Open DOCX file, 21.29 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Spanish (Spanish, DOCX 21.29 KB)
Open DOC file, 84.5 KB,  Know Your Choices: A Guide for Patients with Serious Advancing Illness - Vietnamese (Vietnamese, DOC 84.5 KB)

Circular letters

Open PDF file, 775.22 KB,  #14-12-623 New Regulations requiring distribution of information regarding patients with Serious Advancing Illness (English, PDF 775.22 KB)
Open DOC file, 54 KB,  #14-12-623 New Regulations requiring distribution of information regarding patients with Serious Advancing Illness (English, DOC 54 KB)

Regulations

Open PDF file, 144.55 KB,  Final amendments to 130 (Hospitals), 140 (Clinics), and 150 (Long-term Care Facilities) (English, PDF 144.55 KB)
Open DOCX file, 18.08 KB,  Final amendments to 130 (Hospitals), 140 (Clinics), and 150 (Long-term Care Facilities) (English, DOCX 18.08 KB)

More information

MOLST and Comfort Care DNR Verification

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