{"id":3725,"date":"2018-01-31T15:12:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/en\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2018-01-31T15:12:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:12:04","slug":"canada-before-the-world-medical-association-representation-or-misrepresentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/canada-before-the-world-medical-association-representation-or-misrepresentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada before the World Medical Association : Representation, or Misrepresentation ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cOn 16-17 November 2017, medical professionals, legal authorities, experts in palliative care and medical ethics, theological scholars and philosophers from over 30 countries gathered in the Aula Vecchia del Sinodo in the Vatican for the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/news-post\/world-medical-association-european-region-meeting-on-end-of-life-questions\/\"><em>World Medical Association European Region Meeting on End-of-Life Questions<\/em><\/a><em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/news-post\/world-medical-association-reiterates-strong-opposition-to-physician-assisted-suicide-and-to-australian-bill\/\">World Medical Association\u2019s stance on euthanasia <\/a>is unambiguous: \u201cEuthanasia, that is the act of deliberately ending the life of a patient, even at the patient\u2019s own request or at the request of close relatives, is unethical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, this was also the position of the Canadian Medical Association. However, Dr. Jeff Blackmer, political voice of the Office of Ethics, and Vice President of the CMA, is now lobbying vigorously for WMA policy to be changed: surprisingly, considering that, by his own admission, a large majority of Canadian doctors opposed legalization of euthanasia from the outset, and <a href=\"http:\/\/lab.arstubiedriba.lv\/WMJ\/vol63\/october-2017\/#page=8\">the medical profession in Canada remains deeply divided on this question.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why has Dr. Blackmer not taken a more balanced approach, which would truly reflect the unease felt by Canadian doctors about euthanasia, and show greater respect for physicians in other countries, whose views and circumstances are often very different from our own? How in short, can any spokesperson of the CMA legitimately presume to leverage the unwilling acquiescence of Canadian doctors, confronted with an unpleasant legal reality, into a positive mandate to promote the ethics of euthanasia on the international stage ?<\/p>\n<p>A generous answer to this question, we believe, might indicate an unfortunate confusion of the terms \u201clegal\u201d, and \u201cethical\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here, from his twitter feed, is how Dr. Blackmer states he conceived of his mission at the recent WMA meeting :<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At a meeting on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EOL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EOL<\/a> care and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/euthanasia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#euthanasia<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheVatican?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheVatican<\/a> organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/medwma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@medwma<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMA_Docs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CMA_Docs<\/a> pleased to represent Canadian physicians here. Current WMA policy states physicians who participate are unethical. We are working with others to try and change this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rKOkAcLf1F\">pic.twitter.com\/rKOkAcLf1F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Blackmer (@jblackmerMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jblackmerMD\/status\/931076735227125760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And a few days later:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Let me make something crystal clear. The CMA supports the right of all its members to decide whether or not to participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/euthanasia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#euthanasia<\/a>. We have spent 1000\u2019s of hours protecting conscience rights. And we will advocate for our members who elect to participate in a legal act.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Blackmer (@jblackmerMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jblackmerMD\/status\/932180380689379328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the first formulation, speaking naturally, Dr. Blackmer claims to represent the <em>ethical<\/em> position of <em>Canadian physicians<\/em>. But after a certain amount of social media controversy over whether he has any such mandate, he merely speaks of transmitting the CMA\u2019s position regarding the legality of euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving aside for a moment the confusion, of CMA policy, with the broader range of opinions of Canadian physicians, Dr. Blackmer seems to be implying that it is \u201cethical\u201d for a doctor to do what is \u201clegal\u201d, i.e. that ethics is determined only by law. But is that true?<\/p>\n<p>Most people have a quite different view. Law and ethics are related, but not identical. Ethics comes first, and the law, when at its best, reflects the truth of ethics; but the law cannot forbid all unethical conduct. This\u00a0 is the painful experience of untold persons who sincerely (and often correctly), claim that they have been manipulated, injured, cheated, and abused by others, who, nonetheless, have done nothing illegal &#8211; which does not mean they have done nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>This is the most important practical distinction we may draw between ethics and law: People disagree about what is ethical. But there can be only one law. Inevitably, then, people will also disagree on whether a given law is ethical or not. Moreover, current legal theory does not even explicitly require that permitted acts be ethical. There are other factors, such as harm reduction and Charter freedoms, which are used to justify the decriminalization of certain behaviours without agreement <em>ever<\/em> having been reached on their ethical status.<\/p>\n<p>Euthanasia is clearly one such example.\u00a0 Some people believe it is ethical; some do not. In some jurisdictions, lawmakers have decided that &#8212; like cannabis or alcohol &#8212; it is less unjust to permit euthanasia than to forbid it; in others they have not. In Canada, voluntary euthanasia is now permitted; but it is a fallacy for the supporters of euthanasia to say the practice has therefore become \u201cethical\u201d; it has not. The law has nothing to say about ethics in this case.<\/p>\n<p>And others have chosen different laws.<\/p>\n<p>To place this disagreement in quantitative terms: Euthanasia is only legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Colombia and Canada. Let us honestly recognize, in this fact, that Canada has adopted an extreme legal position. Even if all the doctors &#8212; and the whole population &#8212; in these few countries, were absolutely convinced of the ethics of euthanasia, it would seem at very least a little arrogant for 1.5% of the human race to argue that THEIR laws were the truly ethical ones, as opposed to all others. Perhaps a little more humility would be in order.<\/p>\n<p>Also, conditions in other lands are very different from ours. The sophisticated chic of prosperous baby-boomers in developed countries, who toy with medical suicide to escape their existential distress, stands in stark contrast to the daily struggle for life and family &#8212; the perseverance and the sacrifice &#8212; which define human reality nearly everywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>In most countries, talk of euthanasia is anathema. Why? Because medical care is expensive and euthanasia is cheap. Hence the danger, intuitively understood by all citizens of developing and\/or autocratic nations, that if euthanasia is defined as medical treatment, they will NEVER attain the sort of care which we in Canada take for granted. These people do not want euthanasia. They do not want the \u201cright\u201d to die; they want medical help to survive. And the only way for them to effectively articulate and promote their own legitimate needs lies in the refusal of euthanasia as an ethical choice and the maintenance of its legal prohibition. There should, in recognition of these facts, be a very measured tone in the presentation of Canada\u2019s experience on the foreign stage.<\/p>\n<p>Back on the home front: There is a very real difference between the widely divergent opinions and convictions of Canadian physicians, about euthanasia, and the unified policy positions eventually espoused by the CMA. Canadian doctors are far from convinced of the ethics of euthanasia. Many are entirely opposed to the practice; some are enthusiastically in favour. But the middle fraction, in various degrees and combinations, are personally <a href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/theory-meets-reality\/\">unwilling to participate<\/a> (unconvinced of the ethics?) even if reticent about imposing their position on others.<\/p>\n<p>This last characteristic of our sophisticated postmodern Canadian society, that is, the reflex to abstain from imposing personal ethics on others, should definitely inform any action taken by organizations, such as the CMA, to explain our policy decisions to those in other lands. It is entirely appropriate for Dr.Blackmer to explain to his foreign counterparts that some Canadian doctors feel they are behaving ethically in performing euthanasia. However, considering the lack of consensus among Canadian doctors and the energetic opposition of most national medical associations (including not only developing nations, but also those of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/delivering-care\/euthanasia\">USA<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bma.org.uk\/advice\/employment\/ethics\/ethics-a-to-z\/physician-assisted-dying\">UK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conseil-national.medecin.fr\/sites\/default\/files\/codedeont.pdf\">France<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ama.com.au\/media\/euthanasia-and-physician-assisted-suicide\">Australia<\/a>), it would seem that a certain restraint and modesty are also in order. Zealously promoting the ethical superiority of what remains a hotly disputed political compromise even at home, would seem presumptuous at best, and at worst, simply rude in the eyes of our foreign colleagues. At most, the CMA should adopt a neutral position concerning the ethics of euthanasia, and should definitely refrain from pushing the WMA towards a radical pro-euthanasia stance on this issue.<\/p>\n<p>How then do Canada and the CMA measure up to this standard of nuanced plurality, in discussion at home and abroad? Here are a couple more of Dr. Blackmer\u2019s tweets:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On WMA debating assisted dying policy at the Vatican &#8211; &#8220;It&#8217;s like having a human rights discussion in North Korea,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jblackmerMD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jblackmerMD<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMA_Docs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CMA_Docs<\/a> advocating for patient autonomy and compassion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eGluKR4ijx\">https:\/\/t.co\/eGluKR4ijx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jocelyn Downie (@jgdownie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jgdownie\/status\/932257978933301248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Followed by:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ve decided, as a general principle, to block anyone on Twitter who in any way compares Canadian physicians who participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/euthanasia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#euthanasia<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nazis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nazis<\/a>. Just so there are no surprises, misunderstandings or hurt feelings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Blackmer (@jblackmerMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jblackmerMD\/status\/932318259025711104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There is an obvious double standard here, concerning who may be likened to evil totalitarians (Christians and others of a traditional moral bent, it seems) and who may not (euthanasia apologists, of course). But there is much more in this than mere name calling. The surest way to obtain a desired policy result is to control at the outset what may or may not be discussed, and especially, who may or may not contribute to the discussion. Sadly, in direct contradiction of his usually careful public discourse, Dr. Blackmer\u2019s informal tweets betray a willingness to do both:\u00a0 if possible, to ban entire lines of reasoning; and if not, to ban the people who would insist on using them.<\/p>\n<p>However, many of those who oppose euthanasia in the present rely on data-based historical analysis of euthanasia in the past. And no history of euthanasia can ignore the real-world example of Nazi Germany. This has been widely discussed, including recently, <a href=\"http:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/magazines\/june-2017\/assisted-dying-lessons-history\/\">by noted disabled scholar and Officer of the Order of Canada, Catherine Frazee. <\/a>No conversation can claim legitimacy which would exclude such voices.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Dr. Blackmer is perfectly justified in banning whoever he likes from his own personal twitter feed: for any reason; or for no reason at all. But a CMA representative at a WMA meeting does have an obligation to present the whole face of Canadian medicine to the world &#8212; not that of one faction alone.\u00a0 We received many critical comments from our members and supporters about the CMA\u2019s misrepresentation of the subtle and diverse reality of opinion among Canadian doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Whither the required respect and accommodation of opposing views? We hold ourselves voluntarily to this standard of respectful disagreement, and we expect the same from those at the CMA who purport to fairly represent Canadian doctors. Future CMA declarations and guidance, especially in international discussion, should reflect the fact that no consensus exists among Canadian doctors on the ethics of euthanasia &#8212; an issue which is entirely separate from its legality.<\/p>\n<p>Make euthanasia unimaginable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOn 16-17 November 2017, medical professionals, legal authorities, experts in palliative care and medical ethics, theological scholars and philosophers from over 30 countries gathered in the Aula Vecchia del Sinodo in the Vatican for the World Medical Association European Region Meeting on End-of-Life Questions.\u201d The World Medical Association\u2019s stance on euthanasia is unambiguous: \u201cEuthanasia, that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Canada before the World Medical Association : Representation, or Misrepresentation ? 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