{"id":4391,"date":"2018-08-31T07:42:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T11:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/en\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:21:19","slug":"physicians-alliance-newsletter-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/physicians-alliance-newsletter-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Physicians&#8217; Alliance Newsletter, August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4411\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4411 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/michel-sarrazin-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Maison Michel-Sarrazin, Qu\u00e9bec<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A Tale of Two Visions: Euthanasia and Palliative Care<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of 32 non-profit Palliative Care centres scattered around the province of Quebec, even under intense economic and political pressure, only 6 currently allow euthanasia within their walls.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors who promote euthanasia consider this low participation rate as a barrier to the fulfillment of patients\u2019 wishes. Many of them, despite self-identifying as Palliative Care physicians, see no problems with cohabitation: they claim to do both Palliative Care and euthanasia; they promise they will always continue Palliative Care as long as the patient obstinately maintains his or her will to live; and when that patient finally becomes reasonable they will \u2013 in perfect \u201ccontinuity of care\u201d &#8212; perform the euthanasia which they believed to be indicated all along.<a href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/category\/blog\/\">Continue reading editorial&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make euthanasia unimaginable.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Ferrier<br \/>\nPresident<\/p>\n<div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">Doctor&#8217;s voices\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatornet.com\/careful\/view\/why-i-will-be-a-conscientious-objector-to-victorias-assisted-dying-law\/21636\">Why I Will Be A Conscientious Objector To Victoria\u2019s Assisted Dying Law.<\/a> A palliative care specialist laments the unrealistic individualism and elitism of the euthanasia movement.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmfblog.org.uk\/2018\/08\/14\/new-draft-guidance-from-the-bma-will-enable-doctors-to-dehydrate-and-sedate-to-death-large-numbers-of-non-dying-patients-with-dementia-stroke-or-brain-damage\/\">New draft guidance from the British Medical Association will enable doctors to dehydrate and sedate to death large numbers of non-dying patients with dementia, stroke or brain damage.<\/a> Peter Saunders provides a thought-provoking reflection on the ramifications of this new protocol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">Call to action<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/2018\/08\/elections-2018-soins-palliatifs-a-volonte\/\">Vivre dans le Dignit\u00e9 invites us all to accept our civic responsibility in the Quebec elections 2018 on October 1<sup>st<\/sup><\/a>, and vote for access to quality palliative care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">In the news\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gazette.gc.ca\/rp-pr\/p2\/2018\/2018-08-08\/html\/sor-dors166-eng.html\">Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying<\/a>\u00a0were issued recently by\u00a0the Canadian Minister of Health, Mme Petitpas Taylor. (Review and Commentary by the Physicians\u2019 Alliance to follow)<strong><u>.<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/?p=8687\">World Medical Association (WMA) to consider policy changes on euthanasia and assisted suicide.\u00a0<\/a> An \u201copen debate\u201d on changing the Association\u2019s policy against physician participation in euthanasia and assisted suicide, which will take place during the WMA conference on medical ethics taking place in Reykjavik, Iceland, from October 2-4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restonrecorder.ca\/conservative-members-to-vote-on-abortion-euthanasia-policy-resolutions-1.23412712\">Some interesting results from the Conservative Party congress 2018:<\/a><br \/>\nAmong the positive resolutions voted in plenary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To oppose the extension of euthanasia and assisted suicide to minors, non-competent persons and mentally ill persons. 62% compared to 38%.<\/li>\n<li>Develop a national palliative care strategy to provide quick and equitable access to palliative care across Canada that supports life, considers death to be a normal process and excludes euthanasia and assisted suicide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>If you have an article, letter or interview relevant to our work published in any media, please let us know at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:info@collectifmedecins.org\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:info@collectifmedecins.org\"><em>info@collectifmedecins.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-family: georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><b>From the trenches<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/publications\/submissions\/submissions-028-cma\/cma-2018.aspx#Executive_Summary\">Protection of Conscience Project Submission\u00a0to the Canadian Medical Association Re: 2018 Revision of the CMA\u00a0<em>Code of Ethics<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\nThe project draws attention to many inconsistences between the revision and prior CMA policy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatornet.com\/careful\/view\/they-shoot-horses-dont-they\/21590\">They shoot horses, don\u2019t they?<\/a> A compelling, brief analysis provided by Michael Cook\u00a0on the high stress of euthanizing animals that drives some vets to suicide. He questions what would happen to euthanasia doctors?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vps-npv.ca\/blog\/2018\/7\/13\/communication-is-key\">Communication is Key<\/a>\u00a0by Barbara Collier, Anne Abbott and Hazel Self<strong>. <\/strong>In a recent blog post, the Advisors to the Vulnerable Persons Standard (VPS) underlined their concern that without clearly established guidelines to ensure reliable and authentic communication with respect to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), especially for patients who have disabilities that affect their communication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">Resources<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The new website of the (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des m\u00e9decins de soins palliatifs, SQMDSP) has been launched:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqmdsp.com\/\">https:\/\/www.sqmdsp.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">E<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">vents<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/palliativecare.ca\/index.php\">22nd International Congress on Palliative Care<\/a>. October 2-5, 2018. Presented by Palliative Care McGill, McGill University. Registrations are currently underway. Early bird rates are available until August 1st, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/icelandtravel.artegis.com\/event\/wma2018\">World Medical Association (WMA) Medical Ethics Conference<\/a> will be held from the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> to the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of October 2018, prior to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/members-area\/services-events\/event-related-information\/wma-general-assembly-reykjavik-2018\/\">WMA General Assembly<\/a> (October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>-6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018) in Reykjavik, Iceland<strong>. <\/strong>Registration is currently open.\n<ul>\n<li>August 15th, 2018 &#8211;\u00a0Deadline for submission of abstracts<\/li>\n<li>August 15th, 2018\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Last day for\u00a0early bird fee registrations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">In the literature\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ethics &amp; Medicine, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.questia.com\/library\/journal\/1P4-2056869301\/can-euthanasia-be-classified-as-a-medically-beneficial\">Can\u00a0euthanasia\u00a0be classified as a medically beneficial treatment?<\/a>\u00a0by Gamble and Nathan. \u00a0The authors point out that the research on new medical interventions is expected to be evidence based. However, there is currently there is no scientific evidence for the benefit of euthanasia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics<\/strong>,\u00a0August 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/327145822_The_last_low_whispers_of_our_dead_when_is_it_ethically_justifiable_to_render_a_patient_unconscious_until_death\">The last low whispers of our dead: when is it ethically justifiable to render a patient unconscious until death?<\/a>\u00a0by Sulmasy, D. This article distinguishes and evaluates the implications of three types of clinically and ethically-distinct practices: (1) double-effect sedation, (2) parsimonious direct sedation, and (3) sedation to unconsciousness and death.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"meta-citation-journal-name\"><strong>JAMA Psychiatry.<\/strong>\u00a0Published online on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"meta-citation\">August 8, 2018.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapsychiatry\/article-abstract\/2695330\">Suicide and Physician-Assisted Death for Persons With Psychiatric Disorders How Much Overlap?<\/a>\u00a0by Kim, S., Conwell, Y and Caine, E. Physician-assisted death (PAD) of persons in which psychiatric disorders are the basis for the procedure (psychiatric PAD) remains infrequent but rising in number in Belgium and the Netherlands where it is legal, comprising about 1% to 2% of PAD\u2026. Canada\u2019s euthanasia law generally excludes psychiatric PAD, but there are court challenges to expand the law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>If you come across articles that could be of interest to colleagues in the Alliance please send the reference to <a href=\"mailto:info@collectifmedecins.org\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:info@collectifmedecins.org\">info@collectifmedecins.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!--{cke_protected}{C}%3C!%2D%2D%20Closing%20promotional%20section%20%2D%2D%3E--><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS<\/strong>\u00a0so that we can continue to speak on your behalf:<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input contenteditable=\"false\" name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" data-cke-saved-name=\"cmd\" data-cke-editable=\"1\" \/> <input contenteditable=\"false\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"PMSKFWV5BW9BC\" data-cke-saved-name=\"hosted_button_id\" data-cke-editable=\"1\" \/> <input contenteditable=\"false\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" data-cke-saved-name=\"submit\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" data-cke-editable=\"1\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" \/><\/form>\n<p><strong>Increase our media impact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Invite your entourage to <a href=\"http:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/declaration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/declaration\/\">become a supporter of the <em>Physicians&#8217; Alliance<\/em> &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Invite your entourage to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/collectifmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/collectifmed\">follow us on Twitter &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Invite your entourage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collectifmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collectifmed\">like our Facebook page &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Invite your entourage to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCkkxS2RNnJeT4r5-i0DXB7Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCkkxS2RNnJeT4r5-i0DXB7Q\">subscribe to our Youtube channel &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tale of Two Visions: Euthanasia and Palliative Care Of 32 non-profit Palliative Care centres scattered around the province of Quebec, even under intense economic and political pressure, only 6 currently allow euthanasia within their walls. 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