{"id":3895,"date":"2018-03-31T11:53:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T15:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/en\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2018-03-31T11:53:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T15:53:35","slug":"newsletter-march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/newsletter-march-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter, March 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Newsletter, March 2018<\/span>
\nImprove care. Make Euthanasia unimaginable.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear friends,<\/p>\n

It would be safe to say that, even three years ago, no one would have dared propose medically assisted death as a standard end of life treatment in Canada.<\/p>\n

Of course not. The roots of public support for MAID lie in its proposal as an affirmation of personal autonomy. MAID was to be an exceptional option: to allow people to\u00a0choose<\/em>\u00a0death at the hands of willing doctors. The motivation was political, not medical. Few would have suggested that there could be objective medical indications for euthanasia. In fact, there has never been a deep and structured discussion among Canadian doctors as to whether it can be properly called medical treatment at all.<\/p>\n

Today in Canada we find two options for the end of life: Medical Assistance in Dying, and Palliative Care. It would appear that patient choice is respected: we think not.\u00a0Continue reading editorial >><\/a><\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Catherine Ferrier
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\"\"<\/a>Our first major medical conference, Improving Care<\/strong>, held on Saturday, March 24 in Montreal, was a great success. About 100 people from across the country, including physicians and other health professionals, attended parallel sessions in both languages on pain management, palliative sedation, existential distress and treatment-resistant depression, coming together for the panel discussion on caring for patients who want to die. They were joined by members of the public for the final presentation on our post-modern approach to illness and the obstacles to palliative care. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.<\/a>La Presse provided readers with an excellent summary<\/a> of Dr. Patrick Vinay\u2019s plea on behalf of the 44,000 people who require palliative care each year. He drew attention to the absolute lack of data on palliative care since Law 2 was adopted, and called for an Observatory to collect the information necessary to address the needs of the population. The meeting was also covered by Radio-Canada<\/a> (0:51), CTV news and Radio-Canada (radio).<\/p>\n

Videos of the talks will be posted shortly on our website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Doctors’ voices<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n