{"id":4247,"date":"2018-06-30T22:20:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T02:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/en\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:21:20","slug":"newsletter-june-2018-death-by-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/newsletter-june-2018-death-by-neglect\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter June 2018: Death by neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"We are heartened to see, for the second time, a more nuanced and critical view of euthanasia policy emerging from the Coll\u00e8ge des M\u00e9decins du Qu\u00e9bec<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In May 2017 Dr. Yves Robert, Secretary of the College, expressed concern about a loosening of the qualifying criteria <\/a>leading to euthanasia no longer being a rare exception but rather \u201cDeath \u00e0 la Carte<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

This time, in a letter to Health Minister Ga\u00e9tan Barrette<\/a> dated May 29, 2018, CMQ President Dr. Charles Bernard laments the fact that Palliative Care, ostensibly the first priority of end-of-life policy planning in Quebec, has been severely neglected as regards the investment of budgetary resources, in favour of supporting euthanasia, thus harming the development of Palliative Care in the province. The Coll\u00e8ge <\/em>has rendered a great service to doctors and patients alike, by confronting Minister Barrette with the glaring opposition between his stated end-of-life-policy and its implementation. Continue reading<\/a>…<\/p>\n

At the very least.<\/p>\n

Make euthanasia unimaginable.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Catherine Ferrier
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This month marked the second anniversary of the adoption of Bill C-14<\/strong>, legalizing \u201cmedical assistance in dying\u201d in Canada. Journalist and Convivium<\/em> publisher Peter Stockland<\/strong> provides an insightful analysis of the weakness and lack of enforcement of the safeguards in the law.
\nMAiD and Modern Medicine<\/em>,<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0June 18, 2018<\/p>\n

The Government of Canada has released the\u00a0Third Interim Report\u00a0on MAiD which aims at providing a profile of medically assisted deaths in Canada. The report indicates a 30% increase in the number of medically assisted deaths between July 1 and December 31, 2017. This latest report, much like earlier reports, is still lacking in information regarding safeguards to protect vulnerable persons from harm or abuse or coercion, as the Supreme Court cautioned, “to commit suicide at a time of weakness”.<\/p>\n

Doctor’s voices\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n