Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition *Sign the petition: Hospice Organizations Must NOT be Forced to do Euthanasia (Link). On December 2, I reported that the Delta Hospice Society that operates the Irene Thomas Hospice in Ladner BC, renewed its opposition to euthanasia (MAiD) while supporting excellent care. The Board stated: MAiD is not compatibleContinue reading “Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians: Euthanasia is not consistent with the philosophy, intent or approach of hospice palliative care.”
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Terminally ill Ontario man is denied the care that he needs to live.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I have published previous articles (1) (2) (3) (4) about how denying the care that terminally ill people need and the effort to make euthanasia or assisted suicide (MAiD) more available. For instance, Ontario doctors who oppose euthanasia have been ordered to do an effective referral for euthanasia. EffectiveContinue reading “Terminally ill Ontario man is denied the care that he needs to live.”
Canada’s Justice Minister is considering expanding euthanasia to include teenagers and incompetent people.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Canada’s Justice Minister, David Lametti was reported in a Radio Canada interview that he is considering extending euthanasia to teenagers and people who are incompetent but made a previous request. Lametti, who voted against Bill C-14 in 2016 because it didn’t go far enough, has been ordered by PrimeContinue reading “Canada’s Justice Minister is considering expanding euthanasia to include teenagers and incompetent people.”
Prolonged painful assisted suicide deaths and human experiments with new lethal drugs cocktails
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An article published in the Spring Hill Insider yesterday looks at experiments being done on people to find an effective lethal drug cocktail for assisted suicide. The current drug cocktails have caused painful assisted suicide deaths that may take many hours to die. The article states that assisted suicideContinue reading “Prolonged painful assisted suicide deaths and human experiments with new lethal drugs cocktails”
Hastening death isn’t what hospice is about.
This article was published by OneNewsNow on December 16, 2019 Euthanasia proponents in Canada are targeting a hospice program in what is no doubt hoped to be the start of a domino effect. Sign the petition: Hospice Organizations Must NOT be Forced to do Euthanasia (Link). Delta Hospice in British Columbia refuses to kill itsContinue reading “Hastening death isn’t what hospice is about.”
Euthanasia of people with dementia. Medpage “ethics consult”
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last week, Medpage Today posted an “Ethics Consult” concerning euthanasia of a person with dementia. The consult was based on the euthanasia death of a Dutch woman who requested euthanasia in her advanced directive, but then resisted and said NO at the time of the euthanasia. The physician putContinue reading “Euthanasia of people with dementia. Medpage “ethics consult””
Delta Hospice Must Not Be Forced to do Euthanasia.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Sign the petition: Hospice Organizations Must NOT be Forced to do Euthanasia (Link). In February 2018 the Board of the Delta BC Hospice was given an Edict from Fraser Health to provide euthanasia (MAiD). At that time, the Board of the Delta Hospice decided not to do euthanasiaContinue reading “Delta Hospice Must Not Be Forced to do Euthanasia.”
Are people being coerced to euthanasia?
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last week I had the opportunity to screen the Fatal Flaws film and speak in Victoria, Nanaimo and Campbell River British Columbia. Thank you to the local organizers who made this possible. This article is about three stories from the three events where I spoke. The first story wasContinue reading “Are people being coerced to euthanasia?”
Moral Challenges exist for nurses around euthanasia.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition “Nurses are conflicted with assisted deaths“ Barb Pesut UBC Okanagan nursing professor and Canada Research chair in health, ethics and diversity, Barb Pesut, was interviewed by Daniel Taylor for the Lake Country Calendar. In her interview Pesut comments on the moral challenges faced by nurses with euthanasia. She states: The questionContinue reading “Moral Challenges exist for nurses around euthanasia.”
Québec government begins consultation on expanding euthanasia for Alzheimer’s
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last September,Québec Justice Christine Baudouin expanded Canada’s euthanasia law by striking down the “terminal illness” requirement in the law. By striking down the terminal illness requirement, the court expanded euthanasia to people who are not dying and to people with psychiatric reasons alone. On Friday the Québec government announced theContinue reading “Québec government begins consultation on expanding euthanasia for Alzheimer’s”
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