A study, published this month in the Journal of Pain and Symptom management, found almost three quarters of the patients surveyed (73%) had a spike in brain activity at the time of death.
Continue reading Dying patients study reveals ‘brain surge’ in final moments of lifeAn appeal from groups of Ontario physicians who object to the policy of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario mandating that physicians unwilling to grant patients’ requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide must refer the patients to other physicians willing to do so. They seek a constitutional challenge to the CPSO policy saying that it is coercive.
Continue reading Coercion of Healthcare Practitioners in Canada:A new documentary exploring assisted suicide and euthanasia in Belgium.
Elder abuse is a growing concern in Canada, with data showing that reported cases have almost doubled in the past 10 years.
Continue reading More seniors face elder abuse in CanadaAn article by Margarete Somerville on the connection between elevated suicide rates and euthanasia legalisation. Read more >>
Continue reading Do suicides increase where euthanasia is legal?