Tag Archives: physician-assisted death
Proposed Canadian legislation on medical assistance in dying
Leah Hutt summarizes the eligibility criteria and safeguards for medical assistance in dying, as proposed by the Government of Canada.
Physician-assisted death needs expert reporting and monitoring
Juliet Guichon and Pauline Alakija argue that governments should require that physician-assisted deaths be reportable to (and by) coroners and medical examiners, so that scrupulous monitoring of physician-assisted death may occur.
The Need to Discuss Death-Hastening Methods
Stuart Chambers discusses an oversight in the Report by the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying.
The Unwilling Ethicist and Assisted Dying
Lori Seller and Veronique Fraser explore whether clinical ethicists should have the right to conscientiously object to ethics consultations for assisted dying.
Physician-Assisted Death in Canada February – June 2016
Jocelyn Downie explains the Supreme Court of Canada’s response to the federal government’s request for more time to develop a new law on physician-assisted death.
Impact Ethics 