Pages tagged "Canada"
Netherlands' euthanasia stats are appalling
Jul 09, 2012
� It's not easy to watch someone die. It's hard to watch a person's basic abilities, like walking and talking, being taken away bit by bit. And it's heart-wrenchingly difficult when that person is also in great pain or struggling for breath. Those are hard cases.CALGARY
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The Perils of Euthanasia - Schadenberg on the Quebec report
Mar 29, 2012
The qualification criteria for euthanasia have more holes than a Swiss cheese! Take for example: "has a serious and incurable disease". This is so broad as to include the cold sore virus!This article from the National Post in the US looks at the recommendations of the Quebec parliaments report on euthanasia & palliative care.
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Stacking the Deck - The Tale of Two Reports
Feb 22, 2012
"Never suggest an inquiry unless you know the outcome beforehand." A commonly used phrase in politics and, most likely, the kind of advice Sir Humphrey Appleby might have given Jim Hacker MP in the British political comedy, !Yes Minister
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