{"id":4444,"date":"2018-10-04T21:43:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T01:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/en\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:21:19","slug":"physicians-alliance-newsletter-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/physicians-alliance-newsletter-september-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Physicians’ Alliance Newsletter, September 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advance directives authorizing death. We can do better\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Even before the adoption of the laws permitting euthanasia in Quebec and Canada, which require that it be requested by a capable adult, the pressure to extend it to incapable persons was looming. This possibility is now being considered by an advisory panel to the Canadian government (Council of Canadian Academies<\/a>), and the recently elected political party in Quebec (Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec; CAQ<\/a>) made it part of their platform in the recent provincial election. A group of researchers (Bravo, G. et al.) has surveyed family caregivers<\/a>, nurses<\/a> and doctors<\/a> about it and concluded that most favour extending the law to permit MAID by advance request for persons incapable of decision-making. The pressure is on. If administering death is a good, why refuse it to anyone?\u00a0Continue reading editorial…<\/a><\/p>\n

Make euthanasia unimaginable.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

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