Death and dying: What to expect in the final stages of life

*NOTE: CBC News would like to acknowledge that there are some factual errors in Dr. Couloumbe’s description of medical assistance in dying (or MAiD). MAiD is recognized as a medical procedure. Most of the MAiD cases in Canada do not involve barbiturates. Instead it’s a combination of propofal, midazolam, and rocuronium. The levels in the doses of the medication used is not 100 times the regular dose; it’s closer to two or three.*

How do you know when someone is dying? What happens in the final stages of life? Should you die in hospice care, a hospital or at home? We took your questions with palliative care doctor Dr. Louise Coulombe.

NOTE: CBC News would like to acknowledge that there are some factual errors in Dr. Couloumbe’s description of medical assistance in dying (or MAiD). MAiD is recognized as a medical procedure. Most of the MAiD cases in Canada do not involve barbiturates. Instead it’s a combination of propofal, midazolam, and rocuronium. The levels in the doses of the medication used is not 100 times the regular dose; it’s closer to two or three.

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