{"id":13321,"date":"2021-02-04T09:18:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/?p=13321"},"modified":"2021-02-18T12:47:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:47:22","slug":"maid-peaceful-or-painful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/maid-peaceful-or-painful\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical aid in dying: a peaceful or painful experience?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13321\" class=\"elementor elementor-13321\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f604e75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f604e75\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6e1cce\" data-id=\"b6e1cce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f3ff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86f3ff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family:\" arial\",sans-serif;color:#222222;=\"\" mso-ansi-language:en-ca\"=\"\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">UPDATED&nbsp; &#8211; When the Senate of Canada were studying Bill C-7, its members have been presented with radically different expert views. Based on his study of autopsies of criminals executed by lethal injection in the United States, Dr. Joel Zivot has stated that an assisted death &#8220;could be extremely painful and more akin to drowning&#8221;.<\/span><br><br><span style=\"background-color: white;\">We invite you to read the disturbing testimony of Dr. Zivot (Canadian citizen, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and<br>Critical Care at Emory University in Atlanta) who made the headlines thanks to Joan Bryden of the Canadian Press&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: white;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/doctors-offer-duelling-views-of-what-it-s-like-to-receive-an-assisted-death-1.5293497\">https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/doctors-offer-duelling-views-of-what-it-s-like-to-receive-an-assisted-death-1.5293497<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;\">.<br><br>His testimony:<br><br><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvivredignite%2Fvideos%2F141887541107362%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><br><br><span style=\"background-color: white;\">You can listen to all his interventions at 18:31:57, 18:59:23, 19:17:30, 19:32:21 and 19:48:33<br><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"FR-CA\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: white;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/senparlvu.parl.gc.ca\/Harmony\/fr\/PowerBrowser\/PowerBrowserV2\/20210202\/-1\/9950\">https:\/\/senparlvu.parl.gc.ca\/Harmony\/fr\/PowerBrowser\/PowerBrowserV2\/20210202\/-1\/9950<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;\">. <\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Dr. Timothy Holland&#8217;s opposing viewpoint is available at 19:07:12 and 19:17:30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;\">Contacted by Living with Dignity, Dr. Zivot shared<br>a summary of his presentation:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-family:\" arial\",sans-serif;=\"\" mso-fareast-font-family:\"times=\"\" new=\"\" roman\";color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:en-ca;=\"\" mso-fareast-language:fr-ca\"=\"\"><i><span style=\"background-color: white;\">\u201cMedical Assistance in Dying, by design, conceals the internal experience of dying from the observer. Death by MAiD is fundamentally the same protocol as execution by lethal injection in the United States with one important exception. MAiD includes the injection of a paralyzing drug that will block the capacity to move or breath but will not block the potential awareness by the dying person. Lethal injection in the US has generally abandoned the use of the paralytic because of the obvious cruelty. All MAiD deaths will have the outward appearance of no struggle. MAiD is death by drowning or strangulation.\u201d<\/span><\/i><br><br><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Dr. Zivot&#8217;s research here meets with radical opposition from MAID providers. However, the worrying points raised by the specialist cannot be dismissed with a wave of your hand. If there is the slightest possibility that medical aid in dying is not the peaceful experience that its advocates promise, it is the responsibility of federal and provincial&nbsp;policy makers and Colleges of Physicians to explore the issue further in the coming months. Beginning by requiring autopsies of people who have died by MAiD.<\/span><br><br><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Unless we can conclude beyond a reasonable doubt<br>that Dr. Zivot&#8217;s major concerns do not apply here, our political leaders must put a stop to the expansion of access to euthanasia in Canada. The current uncertainty demands increased caution and, therefore, significant amendments to Bill C-7.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\" new=\"\" roman\",serif;=\"\" mso-fareast-font-family:\"times=\"\" roman\";mso-ansi-language:en-ca;mso-fareast-language:=\"\" fr-ca\"=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><o:p>&nbsp;<br>Read Living with Dignity&#8217;s C-7 brief:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2020\/11\/submission-c7\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2020\/11\/submission-c7\/<\/a><br><br>More information<br><br>UPDATE FEB. 19 2021:&nbsp;<br>Response to senators by Dr Zivot<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sencanada.ca\/content\/sen\/committee\/432\/LCJC\/Briefs\/Brief_DrJoelZivot_e.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/sencanada.ca\/content\/sen\/committee\/432\/LCJC\/Briefs\/Brief_DrJoelZivot_e.pdf<\/a><br>Op-ed in MEDPAGETODAY<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/publichealthpolicy\/ethics\/91214\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/publichealthpolicy\/ethics\/91214<\/a><br><br><br>The NPR investigation mentioned by Dr. Zivot<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/09\/21\/793177589\/gasping-for-air-autopsies-reveal-troubling-effects-of-lethal-injection\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/09\/21\/793177589\/gasping-for-air-autopsies-reveal-troubling-effects-of-lethal-injection<\/a><br><br>His TedTalk:<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qsLEODxl35Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED&nbsp; &#8211; When the Senate of Canada were studying Bill C-7, its members have been presented with radically different expert views. 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