Pictured on one of a set of five nondenominated Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring Medical Groundbreakers of Canada, issued 10 September 2020. Price on day of issue was 92¢.
In 1975 founded the first comprehensive palliative care service base in a teaching hospital at Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Credited with coining the phrase "palliative care".
Inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2018.