Dr. Paul D. Henteleff (born 1931) led the world's first hospital-based terminal care unit.

Career

Raised in Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada, by his parents nurse Lillian Axelrode and businessman Harry Henteleff, Dr. Paul Henteleff earned his medical degree from the University of Manitoba in 1956. He worked in a general family practice and trained in epidemiology and biostatistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine before becoming the assistant executive director of the Manitoba Health Services Commission from 1972 to 1974. In that role, he helped design the Manitoba personal-care-home program and facilitated Drs. Noralou and Les Roos turning the commission's routinely collected administrative information into data for innovative health-services research.[1] Dr. Henteleff then returned to clinical practice at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, where he served from 1975 to 1991 as director of Canada's first hospital palliative care unit, established in November 1974.[2] Hospital-based palliative care is a Canadian innovation developed independently in Winnipeg and Montreal.[3][4][5] Dr. Henteleff’s advocacy efforts led to palliative care becoming a core service in Manitoba and his work influenced the development of palliative care across Canada.[6][7][8] He modeled a flexible, interdisciplinary team approach to palliative care, which recognized nurses, social workers, psychologists, pharmacists and spiritual care-givers as valuable colleagues.[9] The unit's innovations included death reviews, a bereavement program, and integrated home-care.[10] Dr. Henteleff also co-authored the first study of depression and suicidal thoughts in terminal illness.[11] He supports medically assisted dying.[12]

Honours

Dr. Henteleff was the founding president of the Canadian Palliative Care Association, which honoured him with an Award of Excellence in 2013.[13] A lecture series is named in his honour.[14] In 2016, Dr. Henteleff received an honorary degree from the University of Manitoba.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ "The Story of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy" (PDF).
  2. ^ Duffin, Jacalyn (2014). "Palliative Care: The Oldest Profession?". Canadian Bulletin of Medical History. 31 (2): 205–228. doi:10.3138/cbmh.31.2.205. ISSN 0823-2105. PMID 28155344.
  3. ^ "Why Quality of Life Matters, Even in Your Final Hours | The Walrus". 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  4. ^ Bruera, Eduardo (2006). Textbook of Palliative Medicine. CRC Press.
  5. ^ "Milestones in Hospice Palliative Care". Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  6. ^ Henteleff, Paul D. (1978). "Treatment Decisions in the Care of the Dying". Essence. 2 (2): 15–17.
  7. ^ Quint Benoliel, Jeanne (1988). "Health Care Providers and Dying Patients: Critical Issues in Terminal Care". OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.
  8. ^ Kadota, Diane (26 July 1984). "Hearing the truth about dying is uncomfortable". Western Living. p. 28.
  9. ^ Wiseman, Eva (2019). "Palliative Care". Healing Lives: A Century of Manitoba Jewish Physicians. Winnipeg: Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada. ISBN 9781999167202.
  10. ^ O'Malley, Martin (1983). "The Last Doctor". Doctors. Macmillan of Canada.
  11. ^ Brown, J.; Henteleff, P.; Barakat, S.; Rowe, C. J. (1986). "Is it normal for terminally ill patients to desire death?". The American Journal of Psychiatry. 143 (2): 208–211. doi:10.1176/AJP.143.2.208. PMID 3946656. S2CID 32668192.
  12. ^ Henteleff, Dr Paul (2 March 2015). "Terminal sedation not an answer". Winnipeg Free Press.
  13. ^ "Paul Henteleff: Award of Excellence".
  14. ^ "Saluting a Pioneer in Palliative Care".
  15. ^ "Congrats Manitoba's newest doctors, honoured guests Drs. Henteleff and Pope".
  16. ^ "Honorary degree recipients". Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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