All posts tagged "medical aid in dying"
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232AnalysisCase report in US shows woman may undergo assisted suicide for anorexia
In 2013, there was international outrage when a woman in Belgium underwent assisted suicide for anorexia; there was a similar response around...
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453AnalysisDespite claims to the contrary, assisted death is suicide and it is a tragedy
As the call to make assisted suicide legal in the United Kingdom gains popularity, one advocate is publicly making the claim that...
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735InternationalNew report shows negative impacts of euthanasia on palliative care in Canada
A recent report in the journal Palliative Medicine reveals that the rise of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada has had a very...
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837InternationalGHOULISH: Canada looks to add euthanasia rooms to funeral homes
The euthanasia industry in Canada has been rapidly expanding, and one ghoulish new endeavor is driving home just how extreme the country...
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774IssuesFour 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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673Guest 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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586InternationalBritish 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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399InternationalScotland 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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809InternationalFamily 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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799AnalysisCanada 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...
