All posts tagged "medical aid in dying"
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494IssuesFour psychiatrists speak out against assisted suicide: Legal doesn’t mean ethical
When it comes to assisted suicide, some doctors are reminding us that legal doesn’t always mean ethical. In an article in Psychiatric...
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573Guest ColumnDisturbing: Canadian computer program hopes to predict when elderly have just months to live
(National Review) As if we needed further evidence that medicine is growing increasingly impersonal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal has published a...
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465InternationalBritish Columbia assisted suicide rate now among highest in world
Frightening new statistics on assisted suicide rates in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia show that the province had the highest number...
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332InternationalScotland to consider legalizing physician-assisted suicide
UPDATE, 7/6/21: A Scottish physician group, Our Duty of Care, has sent a letter to signed a letter to Health Secretary Humza Yousaf...
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633InternationalFamily of elderly Canadian woman says doctors tried to pressure her into euthanasia
A Canadian couple is speaking out about how their elderly family member was pressured to be euthanized while battling cancer. Joan Rohoway,...
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618AnalysisCanada faces pushback over expanding assisted suicide for those with mental illness
Canada’s ever-accelerating expansion of physician-assisted suicide gained significant momentum with the government’s March 2021 decision to allow mental illness as a qualifying...
