A report from the Quebec College of Physicians recently recommended that euthanasia be considered appropriate in some cases. La Belle Health and Social Services Minister, Yves Bolduc, concurs with the report.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are under federal jurisdiction and Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says he doesn't want to renew or reignite the debate.
Euthanasia is legal in both Holland and Belgium and many Canadians have went to Switzerland where assisted suicide is kosher. The Dignatas Center in Switzerland was in the news recently when Sir Edward Thomas Downes, a renowned conductor [tip off, re renown, the "Sir"] and his terminally ill wife choose to transit themselves to the other side.
Oregon also allows patients with six or less months on the clock to commit assisted suicide and it will soon become law in Washington state.
The fear is that assisted suicide will become a slippery slope; in practice that has not happened in Holland and Belgium. We have a form of it right now here in Canada with do not resuscitate instructions given to medical professionals regarding those who are super ill.
Health care should include death care too.
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