Use of restraints on palliative-stage man at Whitehorse hospital 'barbaric,' widow says

A woman whose palliative-stage husband was placed in restraints at Whitehorse General Hospital in 2017 says she believes the experience caused him unnecessary stress and confusion in the final days of his life. 

Gayle Crawford, a retired nurse who now lives in Alberta, told the CBC she still regrets not advocating harder for her husband, Ken Crawford, and doesn’t think the treatment he received was appropriate. 

“I think we all hope for a peaceful and hopefully pain free death and not having to be restrained to our bed,” she said in an interview last month. 

“I’ve never seen a restraint like