Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free october 1985 d Ujj Vul j i unproved palliative care sought for minorities my has Helra Tuss fist spiritual and not reaching enough of those in the need for Rofes Sinanis mate has helped society learn to h father than fear it but Fields to be says a leading Canadian Dorothy Confounder and president of the Canadian palliative care said yesterday treatment refusal right supported families of terminally ill patients should have More Power to decide the kind of treatment their relatives health minister Larry Des Jardins said i personally believe it is High time we should support family autonomy on the right to refuse treat he speaking at the first annual con Ference on palliative held in Winnipeg this Desjardins said care of dying patients must be Given a higher the physical and medical needs of the terminally ill in modern hospitals Are often in he adding Hospital treatments sometimes increase rather than relieve the in Light of modern medical breakthroughs and High the dying patient May seem like a fail a reproach to the medical the minister Desjardins praised the work of hospices and palliative care especially the one at the Boniface general saying they stress the idea of caring for the whole person and their families at a stressful its not the unit but the said the whose 12yearold daughter died several years ago from a terminal Desjardins said the three designated palliative care units in Manito in Winnipeg and one in Brandon Arent enough to meet the needs of he said a subcommittee reviewing palliative care in Manitoba As part of an review of health ser vices will Likely recommend an other unit be set if i am vague its because i am awaiting some of the details from the health services review commit he Desjardins said its not to designate a certain number of Beds in every Hospital for palliative the emphasis should be on providing care for patients in their there is a danger that programs that care for dying patients and their families Are becoming a mid dle class Ley told a National conference on palliative care that More efforts must be made to reach out to patients and families of the poor and minority for How do we Deal with the growing number of aids victims she if there was Ever a group that needed Pallia Tive this is the Ley said the number of hospice and palliative care programs which concentrate on providing for the spiritual and psychological needs of dying patients and families mushroomed in recent since the first Canadian unit opened 10 years ago at Boniface general More than 200 have been established across the she the hospice movement has restored patients As people and put the family and the Community Back in the Centre of it has revived the idea of a Good but Ley said professionals such As social nurses and clergy must work to establish the area As a specially with a Back ground of solid research to assure adequate Hospital palliative care units have been Low Cost she Ley also noted the movement is in Only 10 per cent of patients dying of cancer pass through a palliative care the movements Overall philosophy for More than a patients physical needs must spread to other Hospital she in another presentation to the con Derek Doyle stressed the need for professionals involved m palliative care to teach younger colleagues about caring for the Ter Minally a professor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and medical director of Columbas said studies show most doctors and nurses want More Edu cation in this maybe they dont appreciate the he said of those who refuse to teach that they Doit even see the need is tragic myopic and Doyle said the Field is in danger of self destruction without the develop ment of academic centres of Excel Lence in palliative protect your car get ziebart3way car Protection 112 off bes value seat Rug Protection polymer paint protector Complete rustproofing regular when purchased buy All 3 and pay just your 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