Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Lisa Fitterman
Publication Date: October 5, 2025 - 10:00
Balfour Mount was the father of palliative care in North America
October 5, 2025
In August, 1980, Balfour Mount’s mother, Maude, had one last request before she died. She wanted to see where she was going to be buried, not a picture, but the real thing.
And so, the son drove her and his father to the cemetery in Ottawa. They went through the gates and came to a stop at the end of the road, where he gestured to the plot, just beyond a grass-covered rise. But it still wasn’t enough.
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