Joan Davis, Assistant Deputy Minister of Health, identifies five gaps in service delivery: " availability of physicians who are willing to provide services in an individual home; access to services across geographic areas of the provinc
e; availability of equipment such as the pump for cont
inuous subcutaneous infusion of medications (CSCI) for pain management; the home support often neede
...[+++]d exceeds the available financial resources; and support and counselling for the family is very limited" .