Advance care planning: the Glossary project: Final report

Notes

[1] Statistics Canada. Population Projections for Canada, Provinces and Territories -2000-2006. Catalogue #91-520, page 124.

[2] Ipsos-Reid. 2003. Telephone survey conducted for the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association and GlaxoSmithKline Inc.

[3] The ethnocultural dimensions of advance care planning will be addressed in a separate report commissioned by Health Canada.

[4] The Public Health Agency of Canada (www.phac-aspc.g.c.ca) lists the determinants of health as: income and social status; social support networks; education; employment and working conditions; social environments; physical environments; biology and genetic endowment; personal health practices and coping skills; health child development; health services; gender; and culture. This list may evolve as population health research progresses.

[5] Canadian Medical Association. CMA Code of Ethics, section 28. 2004.

[6] Note: Some consumer guides refer to Advanced care planning. The word advanced means "greatly developed" or "being beyond others in progress" whereas advance (as an adjective) means "made ahead of time"; therefore the term advance care planning is more accurate than advanced care planning.

[7] Canadian Medical Association. CMA Code of Ethics. 2004.

[8] A quick reference table for terms used in provincial/territorial legislation concerning advance directives is provided at the end of this appendix. Web links to provincial/territorial legislation and to consumer guides for advance care planning are provided both at the end of this appendix and in Appendix 5: Resources.

[9] New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta and Nunavut do not have a default hierarchical list of substitute decision makers in legislation. In practice, next of kin would be consulted where possible. Source: Manitoba Law Reform Commission. Substitute Consent to Health Care. Report #110. 2004.

[10] Source of information: Paramedic Association of Canada