This lack of humanity and vision should be worrisome to everyone, including retirees, older persons, individuals with any type of disability (emotional or physical) and residents of long-term care facilities. Instead of recognizing the strides that have been made in the management of pain and noxious symptoms by hospice palliative care specialists over more than three decades, a few want to kill or be killed as a solution. So much for the so-called demanding autonomy of "I want what I want when I want it."We are experiencing a death by execution culture, morbidly concentrating on euthanizing and hastening death. The more gruesome the situation, the more it is capitalized on and highlighted. What happens that Canadians must suffer any type of painful death? It signifies failure in a system that knows better. We are failing to teach hospice palliative care and pain management for all types of pain - physical, emotional, spiritual/ existential - to our nursing and medical students. We fail to provide funding for excellence in end-of-life care. We fail to conduct ongoing education for our current care providers. We have failed to teach Canadians what is and should be available to everyone during a life-threatening or terminal illness. Continue reading

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This summary by Alex Schadenberg of an article in the Calgary Herald by Australian ethicist, Margaret Somerville:   The following is based on an article written by Margaret Somerville and published in the  Continue reading

This article first appeared on the website in the year 2000. It provides a shocking insight into abuse of people living with cerebral palsy and was written in response to the Canadian case of the killing of Tracey Latimer by her father Robert Latimer (read more ). Continue reading

This brilliant expose of 'the facts' by Margaret Somerville was published first on MercatorNet:Recently, the Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, published an editorial, " Continue reading

By Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Continue reading

The following article was written by Margaret Wente and published in  on February 20, 2014.The Globe and Mail Continue reading

Congratulations to Alex Schadenberg, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Canada and their legal counsel on their successful intervention in this important case.  This report by Continue reading

This press release from Amy Hasbrouck at Quebec's Toujours Vivant Not Dead Yet. It highlights the disconnect between suicide prevention and the move towards assisted suicide. Quebec will soon commence debate on bill 52 which will allow euthanasia under the euphemism of 'medical aid in dying'.  ,  Continue reading

From Alex Schadenberg's Blog:  The  Continue reading