Category Death & Assisted Dying
Robin Williams’ Death by Suicide and Three Ethics-related Reflections
Barbara Russell reflects on some ethical issues surrounding the recent death by suicide of actor Robin Williams.
When Living is a Fate Worse Than Death
Letitia Meynell, writing about her terminally ill mother, suggests that opponents of assisted death must turn their gaze away from abstract issues to the real embodied processes and experiences of dying patients.
Medical Aid in Dying: What Are We So Afraid Of?
Dave Langlois worries about the consequences of normalizing medical aid in dying, but nonetheless argues that grievously ill patients should be able to ask for, and receive, help in hastening their death.
The Logical Slippery Slope is Neither Slippery Nor Logical
Reuven Brandt questions the inevitability of slip sliding from physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia to non-voluntary euthanasia.
End of Life Care in Quebec: It’s a New Dawn
Jocelyn Downie clarifies the final draft of Bill 52 as Quebec legislators prepare to vote.
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