How MAiD Expansion Mangles Medicine
October 28, 2020
Palliative care expert Dr. Leonie Herx is one of 750 doctors publicly urging the Trudeau government to deep-six its new “death on demand” legislation, Peter Stockland reports.
Medicine
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The Human Face of Health Care
October 23, 2020Through the painful season of his wife’s death, Timothy deVries saw past caricatures of faceless health systems to recognize the rich culture of care surrounding patients, families and medical professionals.
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Crescendo of Critics Denounce MAiD Legislation
October 22, 2020Experts in law, medicine and disability advocacy are joining the chorus calling for the withdrawal of the Liberal government’s bill to expand medically administered death, Peter Stockland writes.
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Live and Let Die
February 25, 2020In light of MAiD changes, disabled Canadians say they’re being offered free choice to die, but no choice in where and how they live. Others wonder how the bill squares with the Supreme Court’s legal definition of consent, Peter Stockland reports.
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MAiD and Modern Medicine
June 18, 2018Two years ago, on June 1, 2016, federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was escorted to her seat in front of Canada’s Senate to explain her government's rationale for Bill C-14, a legislative concoction with a name from a high school chemistry class and the full power to transform Canadian society forever.
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Protecting Patients in the Shadows of Euthanasia: 3 Recommendations
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A Deadly Form of Normal
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Quebec thumbs its nose at Supreme Court
January 19, 2016