Palliative Care—A Passing Fad? Understanding and Responding to the Signs of the Times

BALFOUR M. MOUNT, Palliative Care Medicine, McGill, Montreal, Quebec, JOHN F. SCOTT, Institute for Palliative Care, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, EDUARDO BRUERA, Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, INA CUMMINGS, Palliative Care Program, Camp Hill Medical Centre, Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax Infirmary Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, DEBORAH DUDGEON, Palliative Care Program, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and NEIL MACDONALD, Center for Bioethics, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal and Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada •