{"id":4558,"date":"2018-10-29T12:54:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T16:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/en\/?p=4558"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:20:56","slug":"physicians-alliance-newsletter-october-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/physicians-alliance-newsletter-october-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Physicians’ Alliance Newsletter, October 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maintaining humanity at the heart of pediatric care…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Dear friends,<\/p>\n

Euthanasia (MAID) was originally sold to the public, and to our profession, as an extraordinary response to a request made by a competent adult whose death was at hand, and whose unbearable suffering could be relieved (so it was said) by no other means. But the intention to rapidly extend the practice of euthanasia well beyond those limits was evident from the beginning. Along with currently contested access for psychiatric conditions, by advance request and when natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, we now find a proposal for extension of euthanasia to children (\u201cmature minors\u201d).<\/p>\n

The question of euthanasia for capable pediatric patients was referred to the Canadian Council of Academies (CCA) after Bill C-14 was adopted, with a report expected in late 2018. A good indication of what the likely CCA findings will be, can be found in a paper originating from a working group at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto<\/a>.\u00a0Continue reading editorial…<\/a><\/p>\n

Make euthanasia unimaginable.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Catherine Ferrier<\/p>\n

President<\/p>\n

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