CANADA

Canada’s politicians go MIA in debate over conscientious objection for doctors

Michael Cook | 29 August 2021 | Comments

tags: canada, conscientious objection

Conservatives decline to defend their own position

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Bioethicists joust over Canada’s ‘Medical Aid in Dying’

Michael Cook | 29 August 2021 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia

Journal of Medical Ethics features sparring views

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Should children have the right to die in Canada?

Michael Cook | 22 August 2021 | Comments

tags: assisted dying, canada

Tragic case of 4-year-old shows the pain that some parents suffer

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What do Quebec doctors think of organ donation euthanasia?

Merlin Crossley | 21 March 2021 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia

A survey yields interesting comments

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Canada on verge of permitting euthanasia for mental illness

Michael Cook | 14 March 2021 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia

Bill C-7 has nearly completed its journey through Parliament

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Euthanasia as an option for Canadian nursing home patients who are sick of lockdowns

Michael Cook | 22 November 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, coronavirus, euthanasia

90-year-old Nancy Russell was just fed up

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Disabled groups attack liberalizing euthanasia in Canada

Michael Cook | 18 November 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, disability rights, euthanasia

Will having a disability become an acceptable reason for state-provided suicide?

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Ombudsman slams euthanasia in Canada’s prisons

Michael Cook | 31 October 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, prisoner euthanasia

After three cases, there should be an absolute moratorium

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‘Medical aid in dying’ saves money: Canadian report

Michael Cook | 24 October 2020 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, canada, euthanasia, healthcare policy

These savings should "in no way be interpreted" to suggest that assisted dying be used to reduce health-care costs.

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Nova Scotia euthanasia case reveals complexities of law

Michael Cook | 06 September 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, maid

Wife fights her husband’s request for euthanasia

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Is euthanasia an essential service?

Michael Cook | 29 March 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, coronavirus, euthanasia

Canadian providers say that they are facing difficult choices

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Competing Canadian reports on mental illness and euthanasia

Michael Cook | 16 February 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia for psychological suffering

Governments have to meet March deadline for amended legislation

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Quebec to allow euthanasia for mental illness

Michael Cook | 26 January 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, quebec

Experts believe that only a few will take advantage of it

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Canadian hospice could be defunded because it opposes euthanasia

Xavier Symons | 18 January 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, institutional conscientious objection, maid

A small hospice in British Columbia may lose funding over its MAiD policy.

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What Canada’s candidates have to say about MAiD

Xavier Symons | 13 October 2019 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, euthanasia for psychological suffering, law, maid

Trudeau will expand MAiD access if re-elected.

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Canada’s MAiD under fire after euthanasia of depressed patient

Xavier Symons | 29 September 2019 | Comments

tags: canada, depression, euthanasia, maid

The man's family allege that he was not eligible for MAiD.

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Canadian Catholic hospital drops opposition to MAiD after criticism from bioethicist

Xavier Symons | 22 September 2019 | Comments

tags: canada, catholic church, euthanasia, maid, nova scotia

A Catholic hospital in Nova Scotia has quietly changed its policy on euthanasia

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A judge loosens Canada’s euthanasia belt another notch or two

Michael Cook | 15 September 2019 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, slippery slope

Patients no longer need to be terminally ill

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Canadian fertility doctor deregistered over using own sperm

Michael Cook | 06 July 2019 | Comments

tags: canada, sperm donors

College finds that Norman Barwin acted in “a disgraceful, dishonorable or unprofessional” way

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Blue ribbon Canadian panel proposes guidelines for euthanasia and organ donation

Michael Cook | 17 June 2019 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, organ donation euthanasia

Published in Canadian Medical Association Journal

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