Philip Nitschke’s militant efforts to promote euthanasia and assisted suicide may be the product of a failure to address a key question: is life worth living?
Continue Reading → Converting the miserabilists
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An interview with psychiatrist Gilles Chamberland regarding whether the provisions of Bill P-38, which establishes the conditions for compelling those who may represent a danger to themselves and/or others to receive psychiatric evaluation, are too narrow.
Continue Reading → Protecting the mentally ill: ‘Best system on earth’ is impossible to manage
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An article written by Wesley Smith argued that assisted suicide laws in the US are too broad and allow people without a terminal illness to receive the procedure. It was criticized for being inaccurate yet the same critic freely admitted that the laws do not require a show of physical suffering.
Continue Reading → Wesley Smith was right. Assisted suicide is not limited to physical suffering
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Eddy Lang has cared for the sick and injured in hospital emergency rooms in Montreal and Calgary, and he doesn’t hesitate for a second when asked which city has fared better in dealing with the ER crisis.
Continue Reading → Quebec has it backward when it comes to managing crowded ERs
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Archbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal has been an outspoken critic of the province’s “Medical Aid in Dying” Act. In an interview, he comments on the Church’s perspective on assisted suicide.
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