The development of the idea and then the availability of euthanasia for psychiatric reasons is something that few people, if any, could have foreseen. Yet it is now starting to be seriously considered in many places that have legalized euthanasia.
Continue Reading → Psychiatric euthanasia: salvos across the Atlantic
Three seemingly unrelated topical events and phenomena may spell trouble for Australia’s future when considered together.
Continue Reading → Linking headlines: post-truth, euthanasia and elder abuse
Inspired by the Brexit and Trump campaigns, the Oxford Dictionaries chose the adjective “post-truth” as their word of the year. They defined it as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” However, there may be a more appropriate word to describe the attitude of the Quebec Liberal Party this past year.
Continue Reading → The word of the year in Quebec politics
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
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