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Dr. Balfour Mount, father of palliative care, dies at 86
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By: Katrine Desautels, The Canadian PressMONTRÉAL — Dr. Balfour Mount, widely recognized as the father of palliative care, is being remembered for his contribution to revolutionizing how people live out their final days.
Mount died on Sept. 25 in the palliative care unit that bears his name at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal.
McGill University paid tribute this week to Mount, who it said in 1975 launched the world’s first palliative care unit and service in Montreal.
Mount coined the term ‘palliative care’ to designate this novel combination of British hospice, American thanatology and Canadian academic medicine,” the university wrote.
Three organizations have created awards in his honour: the American Journal of Hospice Care, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association.