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Gabrielle Bardall, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Hope does not end: Jimmy Carter’s death at 100, his hospice care choice, and what Canada’s health system can learn from it

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, seen here at an annual Carter Town Hall at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. in September 2019, chose to spend his final years at home with hospice care. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Jimmy Carter, the longest-living former president of the United States, has died at 100 years old at his home in Georgia, after nearly two years of receiving hospice care.

As we look back on his life’s contributions, we can see how the values he embodied in his international career are reflected in his end-of-life decisions. These decisions offer lessons for all Americans and Canadians.

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