Assisted Suicide
The Physicians' Alliance for Total refusal of Euthanasia (Collectif de Médecins du refus médical de l'euthanasie), an alliance of Québec physicians who oppose the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide issued this press release
Studies on euthanasia and assisted suicide provide ample evidence that safeguards will not prevent the killing by euthanasia of vulnerable patients who did not request it or did not consent to it. The legalization
When Patricia Ommerli took her garbage out from her apartment blockhouse, she always made sure she timed it carefully. She didn’t want to meet a corpse in her elevator. Ms. Ommerli is not an
In the September 1970 edition of California Medicine, a publication of the Western Journal of Medicine, an article entitled “A New Ethic for Medicine and Society” explained that the traditional western ethic has always
Psychiatric Times February 2004 Vol. XXI Issue 2 Euthanasia is a word coined from Greek in the 17th century to refer to an easy, painless, happy death. In modern times, however, it has come
Eighth Annual Report on Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act By Gudrun Schultz Thirty-eight people died in Oregon in 2005 after taking lethal medication given to them by their doctors. Only two were given psychiatric
In a letter to the Ottawa Citizen published on July 24th, Jeanette Hall, a resident of Oregon, relates that she was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and had previously voted in favour of assisted
On Tuesday, July 17th, 2012, a Minnesota man was found guilty of assisted suicide in the deaths of 18 year old Carleton University student, Nadia Kajouji and 32 year old Mark Drybrough from England
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are a false, misguided and deadly compassion. In Canada, words like "right to die", "death with dignity", "aid in dying", "medically assisted death", are being used to justify giving one
On June 15, 2012, Justice Lynn Smith of the British Columbia Supreme Court struck down the prohibition on assisted suicide in the Criminal Code of Canada declaring it unconstitutional. Her ruling was rendered in the Carter