Inform them of our concerns about the proposed federal legislation (Bill C-14).
MAY
2016
"Surveys on attitudes towards assisted dying play an important role in informing public debate, policy and legislation. Unfortunately, surveys are often designed with insufficient attention to framing effects; that is, effects on the respondents’ stated attitudes caused by question wording and context." For this reason, researchers should take care in interpreting survey results.
Laws permitting assisted suicide may justify the right of even psychiatric patients to end their lives in theory, but the reality of implementing such programs is messy, a study of the Netherlands finds.
Continue Reading → Study finds concerning trends among Dutch assisted suicide cases
The data from Oregon tells us that during the time assisted suicide has been legal (non-assisted) suicide rates have exploded.
Continue Reading → Pulling Back the Curtain on Assisted Suicide