Protecting patients from euthanasia
The topic of euthanasia known in Canada as medical assistance in dying should not be raised with patients by physicians or nurse practitioners. In doing so, health care professionals risk giving the impression to
Bill C-7: A dangerous expansion of euthanasia in Canada
Bill C-7 is an act to amend our law on euthanasia, euphemistically referred to as medical assistance in dying or MAID. The federal government proposes Bill C-7 as its response to the September 2019
Why I oppose Euthanasia (MAID)
This article highlights sections of a presentation given by Dr. Ramona Coelho on December 9, 2020. The entire presentation is available at https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2020/12/dr-coehlo-why-i-oppose-euthanasia-maid.html My name is Dr. Ramona Coelho and I’m a family doctor. I’m
Lawyers’ Joint Statement – An Open Letter To Parliament Re: Bill C-7
No longer limited to hastening death, Bill C-7 embracesMAiD as a means of terminating an otherwise viable life….Bill C-7 thus affirms a very dangerous stereotype:that a life with a disability may not be worth
Dr. Catherine Frazee – Justice Committee Parliamentary Hearing -Bill C-7 begs the question, why persons with disabilities?
Sunday, November 15, 2020 Catherine Frazee, Professor Emerita, Ryerson University School of Disability Studies I speak today from the Mi'kma'ki the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people. I am a
Euthanasia – Panacea or Pandora’s Box?
We learned from Health Canada's First Annual Report on Maid (Euthanasia) deaths released in July that 13.7% of Canadians who died by euthanasia gave isolation or loneliness as one of their reasons for requesting
Canada’s health care savings is attributed to euthanasia
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 by Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Soon after Canada legalized euthanasia, the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published a study by Aaron J. Trachtenberg MD DPhil, and Braden
Alert from a growing number of physicians
For Immediate Release Alert from a growing number of Canadian physicians “We are being bullied to participate in Medical Assistance in Dying” Montréal, March 9, 2020 – The Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia has
Canadian Psychiatrists: It’s okay to euthanize mentally ill patients
lifenews.com/2020/03/17/canadian-psychiatrists-its-okay-to-euthanize-mentally-ill-patients/International Wesley Smith Mar 17, 2020 | 6:58PM Ottawa, Canada Dedicated psychiatrists are often the only defense between patients with serious mental illness and suicide. But legalizing euthanasia shifts thinking 180 degrees because suicide has
Delta BC hospice continues legal battle to prevent euthanasia
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition In February 2018 the Board of the BC Delta Hospice Society was given an edict from Fraser Health to provide euthanasia (MAID). At that time, the board of the