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An Unconventional Palliative Care Doctor

In Vancouver, an unconventional palliative care doctor helps a terminal cancer patient make one of the biggest decisions of her life. In St. Catharines, a teenager in the process of transitioning from male to female brings her mother to a checkup with her doctor. A Montreal man with a recurring brain tumour has surgery for a fourth time, this time with the aid of his surgeon’s innovative new technology. A Hamilton teen suffering chronic pain has a long-awaited second operation to fix the damaged cartilage in her hip. In Yellowknife, an ER physician treats a man with troubling symptoms who's been flown in from a remote community. And an excited six-year-old receives a new prosthetic arm in Toronto.

English
  • Originally Aired October 18, 2015
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network CBC
  • Created September 18, 2017 by
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