Useful links
Euthanasia in Canada
- Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) law
- Health Canada report on MAID (2022)
Euthanasia in Québec
- Act respecting end-of-life care
- Publications of the Commission des soins de fin de vie
Medical organizations advocating for quality end of life care without euthanasia
- Doctors Say No International (EN/FR/SP/Irish) : we collaborate closely with this international network of doctors opposed to euthanasia and assisted suicide.
- Consider signing the Declaration: https://doctorssayno.net
- Webinars by experts on euthanasia around the world: : https://doctorssayno.net/webinars
- Canadian Physicians for Life (EN) : https://www.physiciansforlife.ca
- Société française d’accompagnement et de soins palliatifs :
- https://www.sfap.org
- Avis éthique : L’euthanasie et le suicide assisté ne peuvent pas être considérés comme des soins : https://www.sfap.org/actualite/l-euthanasie-et-le-suicide-assiste-ne-peuvent-pas-etre-consideres-comme-des-soins
English version : https://www.sfap.org/system/files/avis_ethique_en-2.pdf
- Our Duty of Care (UK) (EN): https://ourdutyofcare.org.uk
- Columbia Biomedical Roundtable (US: New York State) (EN): https://columbiabmr.org
Other advocacy and educational organizations
- Vivre dans la Dignité/Living with Dignity (FR/EN) : our closest collaborator since our foundation in 2013: https://vivredignite.org/en
- The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Canada (EN) : pioneers in euthanasia prevention : https://epcc.ca
- Vulnerable Persons Standard
https://www.vps-npv.ca - Toujours vivant – Not Dead Yet : Voice of the disability opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide https://tvndy.ca/en
- The Protection of Conscience Project
- a non-denominational, non-profit initiative supporting health care workers who want to provide the best care for their patients without violating their own personal and professional integrity.
- https://www.consciencelaws.org
- Institut européen de bioéthique (Belgium) (FR/EN /Dutch) : https://www.ieb-eib.org/fr
Palliative care education
- Palli-Science (FR) : Quebec-based website for training in palliative care and oncology.
- Canadian Virtual Hospice (EN/FR) : provides support and personalized information about advanced illness, palliative care, loss and grief, for professionals and the public.
- Pallium Canada (EN/FR): a national, non-profit organization focused on building professional and community capacity to help improve the quality and accessibility of palliative care in Canada.