Autonomy has become a slogan justifying almost everything. And like most slogans, it is almost meaningless.
Continue Reading → Autonomy: what a useless idea!
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By requiring that physicians make referrals for assisted dying, Ontario is forcing them to leave medicine or abandon their ethical framework.
Continue Reading → Physicians, conscience, and assisted dying
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An interview with Maurie Markman MD on physician-assisted dying.
Continue Reading → Physician-Assisted Dying: Is a Patient’s Despair Reversible?
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The father of palliative care in Canada, physician Balfour Mount on the legacy of Cicely Saunders, the start of palliative care, and the true meaning of medical aid in dying.
Continue Reading → Portraits: Balfour Mount
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Edward Bennett, Yale’s first quadriplegic graduate, has passed away after a passionately lived life.
Continue Reading → A life passionately lived
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