CANADA

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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Ontario appeals court affirms right of state to compel participation in euthanasia  

Michael Cook | 19 May 2019 | Comments

tags: canada, conscientious objection, euthanasia, ontario

Effective referral becomes a battleground

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At least 1.12% of deaths in Canada are due to euthanasia

Michael Cook | 27 April 2019 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia

The latest figures show that about 3,000 dies in 2018

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Another conundrum: euthanasia and anatomy programs

Michael Cook | 07 April 2019 | Comments

tags: anatomy, canada, euthanasia

Is it ethical to take advantage of vulnerable people to get their bodies?

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Canadian report discusses expanding eligibility for euthanasia

Michael Cook | 16 December 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia

After only 2½ years, the pressure is on to amend the law

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Will Canada continue to ban advance directives?

Michael Cook | 11 November 2018 | Comments

tags: advance directives, canada, euthanasia

Woman uses her euthanasia death to lobby for change

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Canadian MP tables bill to formalise MAiD conscience protections

Xavier Symons | 02 November 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, conscientious objection, maid

The bill would make it an offence to coerce a healthcare professional into providing MAiD

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Controversy surrounds Canadian Medical Association’s withdrawal from world body

Michael Cook | 20 October 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, world medical association

Was it really over a few copied sentences?

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Canada: the latest surrogacy hotspot?

Xavier Symons | 05 October 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, commercial surrogacy, law, surrogacy

Data suggests that almost half of intending parents live abroad.

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Canada laying groundwork for child euthanasia

Michael Cook | 22 September 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, child euthanasia, euthanasia

It is still banned, but the government is looking at its options

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Amend law to allow organ donor euthanasia, say Canadian doctors

Michael Cook | 15 September 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, organ donor euthanasia

It has significant advantages for transplant patients

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Most Quebec doctors in survey favour euthanasia for demented patients

Michael Cook | 15 September 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, organ donor euthanasia, quebec

However, it’s against the law at the moment

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