An open letter from Yves Robert, secretary of the Collège des médecins du Québec urging us to reflect carefully on what exactly has been just made legal in Quebec before rushing to expand accessibility.
Continue reading Dr. Robert’s regrets: Towards death à la carte?‘13 Reasons Why’ is a TV series appearing on Netflix based on the novel (of the same name) by Jay Asher. It relates the story of a fictional teenager, Hannah Baker, and her suicide. In all the hype over this series, some key messages may have been overlooked.
Continue reading Dr. Mitch Shulman: Some facts about suicideCanadian death doctors and nurse practitioners who euthanize the sick, disabled, and mentally ill–soon perhaps, also those with Alzheimer’s–are actively embracing the very lethal act Hippocratic doctors forswore for the protection of vulnerable patients.
Continue reading Canadian Medical Killers Form Trade AssociationWith the passage of Bill C-14 last year, medically assisted death, or assisted suicide, has become a reality for physically ill patients with intolerable suffering and for whom death is “reasonably foreseeable.”
Continue reading Opinion: Treatment, not assisted death, for mentally ill peopleIf someone is at the end of his life and his last dying wish is to have assistance with suicide rather than continue “waiting” for life to naturally end, shouldn’t we give it to him? There are, however, a number of issues that emerge in response to this very question.
Continue reading Assisted Suicide in Select Cases? by Stephanie Gray