“The myth persists that it’s a binary choice, that you either choose full treatment or palliative care. You can’t have both simultaneously,” she said. “And in reality, they can be offered simultaneously. So, an oncologist is treating someone’s cancer. The palliative care clinician is helping...
The Physicians' Alliance against Euthanasia, representing more than 1100 Canadian doctors, is holding a press conference to present its position and answer questions. As World Medical Association (WMA) delegates gather in Reykjavik, Iceland, for its Medical Ethics Conference and Annual General Assembly, Canadian doctors are speaking...
CAPE TOWN – It’s emerged a university professor who helped his mother end her life and is accused of assisting a friend to do the same, might have committed more such offences. Sean Davison appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Wednesday where he was...
I write to respond to the oped by John Berkowitz and three Western Massachusetts legislators in support of assisted suicide bill H.1994 (Eagle, Sept. 11). Unsolvable problems with assisted suicide include the fact that terminal diagnoses are often wrong. Studies show that between 13 percent and...
https://youtu.be/AY1ijLXbtdc Watch now as Cecilia Sone, a nurse practitioner and trusted voice from our community, shares how to care for loved ones facing the end of life. Our families are too valuable to be pushed into suicide. https://youtu.be/1nCmL9xRVpM Observen ahora cómo Cecilia Sone, una enfermera profesional y voz...
The Hippocratic Oath has been passed down through the ages because it contains some perennial wisdom: I will keep the sick from harm and injustice. I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asks for it, nor make a suggestion to this effect. The...
Euthanasia, or “medical aid in dying”, was authorised by Canada’s Supreme Court in June 2016. It was a controversial decision and the controversy is far from over. Three issues were left hanging: euthanasia for “mature minors”, euthanasia for people with mental illness, and advance directives...
I am a person with Cerebral Palsy and clinical depression. I’ve experienced life-threatening diabetic comas twice in the past few years. I have contemplated suicide throughout my life. I have been a disability advocate for over 30 years. During that time, I have fought for a better...
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) now stands at a tipping point in the United States. This practice involves a physician prescribing a non-FDA approved lethal overdose of drugs to a person believed to have a terminal illness. For 30 years, pro-assisted suicide organizations have been lobbying for...
September 10 was World Suicide Prevention Day...