Pages tagged "Canada"
People with disabilities don't want your pity and we don't want your death
Apr 16, 2014
By Steve Passmore Steven Fletcher MP has introduced euthanasia bills with language that specifically focuses on people with disabilities because his bills are about him dying by euthanasia.Steven Passmore
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Death on Demand Coming to Canada?
Mar 30, 2014
Having been diagnosed by a physician with an illness, a disease or a disability (including disability arising from traumatic injury) that causes intolerable physical or psychological suffering that cannot be alleviated by any medical treatment acceptable to that person, or; Being in a state of weakening capacity with no chance of improvement and being of sound mind and capable of fully understanding the information provided to him or her under other sections of the law.
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a death by execution culture, morbidly concentrating on euthanizing and hastening death
Mar 25, 2014
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.
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Québec's euthanasia bill 52: a time for reflection.
Mar 11, 2014
From :Alex Schadenberg's Blog
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Euthanasia: Incremental extensions are inevitable
Mar 05, 2014
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
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Common Homicide: Killing of People with Cerebral Palsy
Mar 04, 2014
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 ).
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Fact-checking claims of "well regulated euthanasia"
Feb 25, 2014
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, "
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Québec euthanasia Bill 52 may die.
Feb 23, 2014
By Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
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Euthanasia: What could possibly go wrong?
Feb 21, 2014
The following article was written by Margaret Wente and published in on February 20, 2014.The Globe and Mail
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Canadian Court rules that fluids and food are basic personal care.
Feb 04, 2014
Congratulations to Alex Schadenberg, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Canada and their legal counsel on their successful intervention in this important case. This report by
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