Tag Archives: medical assistance in dying
Religious exemptions to assisted dying harm patients
Stuart Chambers argues that faith-based institutions should not be ‘conscientiously objecting’ to medical assistance in dying.
Assisted Dying, Mental Illness, & Patient Age
December 8, 2016 · by impact ethics · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, Mental Health
Ellen Wiebe, a physician who has provided medical assistance in dying, discusses her views about providing this service when the request is from a young person suffering from mental illness.
Cost of Medical Assistance in Dying
Cristina Alarcon questions the social costs of legalizing medical assistance in dying.
Death, Dying, and the “Fix-it-urge”
Dayna Lee-Baggley calls for improved training for healthcare providers in providing care to patients at the end-of-life.
Assisted Dying: A History of Ethical Principles
Stuart Chambers describes the ethical principles that have shaped the historical debates surrounding medical assistance in dying in Canada.
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