Last Stages of Life

Last Stages of Life

November 7, 2025

Project Overview The Law Commission of Ontario’s Last Stages of Life: Final Report examines how legal and policy frameworks in Ontario shape the rights, choices, and quality of life of people who are dying, as well as those who support and care for them. The term “last stages of life” is used to capture a
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Last Stages of Life | Executive Summary

October 8, 2021

See also the Final Report.See also the Final Report for Last Stages of Life for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Peoples.
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Last Stages of Life | Final Report

October 8, 2021

See also the Executive Summary of the Final Report.See also the Final Report for Last Stages of Life for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Peoples.
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Improving the Last Stages of Life | Issues Backgrounder

May 8, 2017

See also the Discussion Paper.
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Improving the Last Stages of Life | Discussion Paper

May 8, 2017

See also the Issues Backgrounder.
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Balancing the Interests of Patients, Substitute Decision-makers, Family and Health Care Providers in Decision-Making over the Withdrawal and Withholding of Life-sustaining Treatment | Commissioned Study

April 25, 2017

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Integrating Religious and Cultural Supports into Quality Care in the Last Stages of Life in Ontario | Commissioned Study

April 9, 2017

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Understanding the Relationship between Suffering and Capacity at the End-of-life: A Pilot Study | Commissioned Study

December 15, 2016

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Health Care Consent, Advance Care planning, and Goals of Care Practice Tools: The Challenge to Get it Right | Commissioned Study

December 15, 2016

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Improving End-of-life Care Setting Transitions: A Mixed-methods Research Report | Commissioned Study

July 20, 2016

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