Professor Ilora Finlay responds to the push to legalize assisted suicide, following the defeat of a bill in British parliament intended to legalize euthanasia, by examining the experience of other regions where euthanasia is legal. Read more >>
Continue reading Assisted Dying: What can we learn from places where it is legalCalifornia’s new assisted-suicide law violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause. Read more >>
Continue reading Why Are They Trying to Make Us Kill Our Patients?Medical error is not included on death certificates or in rankings of cause of death. Martin Makary and Michael Daniel assess its contribution to mortality and call for better reporting. Read more >>
Continue reading Medical error — the third leading cause of death in the USThe Coalition for HealthCare and Conscience is seeking a judicial review of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) policy requiring physicians who oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide, to refer patients to a physician who will kill. Read more >>
Continue reading Ontario physicians who oppose assisted suicide are legally challenging CPSO referral requirementVéronique Hivon is accusing Philippe Couillard’s government of illegally modifying the provincial Act Respecting End-of-Life Care by issuing new directives that were not subject to the legislative process. Read more >>
Continue reading PQ’s Hivon accuses Liberal government of tampering with end-of-life law