Canada falls short in palliative care access
A grim picture of Canadians dying amid the noise and bustle of hospital acute care wards, unable to access quality palliative care, emerges from the first-ever comprehensive, national assessment of palliative care by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
CORNWALL – Canada’s Catholic bishops aim to have palliative care resources available in every parish to help Catholics grapple with suffering and dying under a regime of legal euthanasia.
New federal government rules to monitor euthanasia and assisted suicide are opaque and weak at a time when legally induced deaths are rising at alarming levels, warn several organizations.
Coalition marks 20 years in euthanasia fight
Charles Lewis: Here’s one way we can care for our sick
The grim truth is that legalized euthanasia is not going away. This is not giving up but stating a hard truth.
Euthanasia isn’t palliative care, Canadian bishops say
OTTAWA – Canada’s Catholic bishops are urging the federal government to maintain a clear distinction between palliative care and the practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide so institutions are not forced to become “an accomplice” in causing an intentional death.
Euthanasia film strikes a raw human nerve
OTTAWA – Kevin Dunn first met Aurelia in the Netherlands at a conference on euthanasia for young people.
Belgium euthanized three children in the past two years
With an $11.6-million donation, Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Health Centre will create one of the largest, most advanced and most comprehensive palliative care units in Canada.
When Katherine Arnup’s mother had a brain aneurism in 1990, she and her siblings were faced with tough choices.
Med student 'distressed' by assisted suicide decisions
I am a second-year medical student at the University of Toronto. Next year, my peers and I will embark on a series of rigorous and demanding clinical rotations, shortly after which we will decide which area of medicine we will pursue in our professional lives. Conversations about the future abound.
B.C. hospices fight assisted suicide plan
SURREY, B.C. – Assisted suicide was legalized just over a year ago, but the debate is far from over.