{"id":4762,"date":"2019-03-29T14:17:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T18:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/en\/?p=4762"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:20:54","slug":"setting-the-record-straight-march-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/setting-the-record-straight-march-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting the Record Straight : March 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians&#8217; Alliance against Euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ApRyCFs.jpg\" \/>Canadian doctors confront the \u201cneutrality\u201d and \u201cfairness\u201d myths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since legalization of euthanasia in Canada (euphemistically labelled \u201cMedical Assistance in Dying\u201d \/ MAID), there has been significant domestic push-back from both <a href=\"http:\/\/alexschadenberg.blogspot.com\/2018\/06\/quebec-physicians-denounce-lack-of-free.html\">doctor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/2019\/01\/press-release-deaths-of-ineligible-people-with-disabilities-are-not-acceptable-losses\/\">patient-based<\/a> sources in which our Alliance has played an active part, both here and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, for those on both sides of this issue, international opinion is a very important part of the struggle, because that opinion will ultimately decide whether history records the Canadian legalization as a progressive milestone, or repudiates it as a dangerous, but only marginal and temporary attack upon the enduring humanitarian principles laid forth upon the ideological ashes of World War II, with the creation of the World Medical Association (1947). <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/setting-the-record-straight\/\">Continue reading editorial&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Make euthanasia unimaginable.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Ferrier<br \/>\nPresident<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">Alliance news\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is still room to register for the Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia 2nd bilingual medical conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ImprovingCare2019posterRectoVerso0326FINAL.pdf\"><strong>Improving Care 2019<\/strong><\/a>, which will take place in Montreal on Saturday, April 6th, 2019.<br \/>\nPhysicians, allied-health professionals and anyone with an interest in the conference topics\u00a0are\u00a0welcome.<br \/>\nPlease send in your questions in advance to:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@collectifmedecins.org\">info@collectifmedecins.org<\/a>, for the panel discussion.<br \/>\nMore details available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectifmedecins.org\">www.collectifmedecins.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Our lawyer, Me Michel Racicot, who represents the Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia and Living with Dignity in the Gladu-Truchon case, presented <a href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PLAIDOIRIE.pdf\">his argument<\/a>\u00a0in court in February 27, 2019.\u00a0The hearings concluded on February 28.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">Doctor&#8217;s voices\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedrewmarshall\/videos\/607540066361301\">Interview with Dr. Ramona Coelho and Larry Worthen<\/a> about the battle for freedom of conscience in Ontario.<\/li>\n<li>More than 1000 doctors have signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/1085158\/assisted-dying-doctors-plea-campaign-health-debate-for-against-uk-dignitas\">letter opposing alleged attempts by the Royal College of Physicians to become \u201cneutral\u201d on \u201cassisted dying\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">Call to action<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia is looking for volunteers to translate<\/strong> texts from English to French. You need not be a professional translator but should have excellent written French and some experience with translation. If you\u2019d like to give some time to support our work, please write to us at <a href=\"mailto:info@collectifmedecins.org\">info@collectifmedecins.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">In<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">\u00a0the news\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/4992222\/michel-cadotte-manslaughter-jury\/\">Montreal man Michel Cadotte guilty of manslaughter in death of ailing wife: jury<\/a>. By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press.<\/li>\n<li>Article in French: Meurtre par compassion: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/societe\/548529\/verdict-michel-cadotte\">Michel Cadotte d\u00e9clar\u00e9 coupable d\u2019homicide involontaire<\/a><br \/>\nThe French term for manslaughter, \u00ab homicide involontaire \u00bb, brings to light the true nature of this verdict. There is no doubt that Mr. Cadotte was in great distress when he suffocated his wife, Jocelyne Lizotte, but does it follow that the act was involuntary?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/emotional-testimony-at-sentencing-hearing-for-michel-cadotte-1.4327993\">Emotional testimony at the sentencing hearing from Jocelyne Lizotte\u2019s children\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Canada&#8217;s new attorney general puts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/item\/29024-canada-s-new-attorney-general-puts-euthanasia-expansion-on-ice\">euthanasia expansion on ice\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>New Medical Ethics Manual in The Us: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genethique.org\/en\/new-medical-ethics-manual-us-doctors-still-opposed-assisted-suicide-and-euthanasia-71187.html\">Doctors Still Opposed to Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia<\/a>,\u00a0Medical Press, American College of Physicians (15\/01\/2019)\u00a0&#8211; Annals of Internal Medicine: American College of Physicians Ethics Manual: Seventh Edition.<\/li>\n<li>Unsurprisingly, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioedge.org\/bioethics\/royal-college-of-physicians-goes-neutral-on-assisted-dying\/13008\">UK\u2019s Royal College of Physicians has adopted a neutral stance on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide after a poll in which only 19% of its members voted<\/a>.<\/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><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">From the trenches<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is no neutral stance on the ethics of euthanasia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/364\/bmj.l412\/rr-22\">A response to Drs Buchman and Blackmer, by Margaret Somerville<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioedge.org\/bioethics\/controversy-dogs-assisted-dying-poll-of-uk-doctors\/12967\">Controversy dogs \u2018assisted dying\u2019 poll of UK doctors<\/a> by Michael Cook<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/psychnews.psychiatryonline.org\/doi\/full\/10.1176\/appi.pn.2019.1b23\">How Should Organized Medicine Respond to Physician-Assisted Death?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A friendship beyond death (available in French only: <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1153934\/albatros-quebec-benevole-fin-de-vie\">Une amiti\u00e9 au-del\u00e0 de la mort)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/barbara-kay-the-euthanasia-slippery-slope-is-here\">Barbara Kay : The euthanasia slippery slope is here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.econotimes.com\/If-assisted-dying-is-legalised-who-gets-to-decide-whose-life-is-worth-living-1502354\">If assisted dying is legalised, who gets to decide whose life is worth living?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">Resources<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euthanasiediscussion.net\/\"><strong>New online discussion forum<\/strong> on euthanasia:\u00a0http:\/\/www.euthanasiediscussion.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">Events:<\/span><\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia &#8211; 2nd bilingual medical conference<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ImprovingCare2019posterRectoVerso0326FINAL.pdf\"><strong>Improving Care 2019<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Montreal, Saturday, April 6th, 2019.<br \/>\nPhysicians, allied-health professionals and anyone with an interest in the conference topics are <strong>all welcome<\/strong>.<br \/>\nPlease send in your questions in advance to: info@collectifmedecins.org, for the <strong>panel discussion<\/strong>.<br \/>\nMore details available <a href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/?page=CiviCRM&amp;q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finfo&amp;reset=1&amp;id=3\">online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You are cordially invited to a free public lecture<\/strong>, which will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at 3:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Downtown Montreal, 999 St-Urbain, Montr\u00e9al, QC H2Z 0B4.<br \/>\n<strong>Dr. Stephen Liben<\/strong> will reflect on The Future of Palliative Care?<br \/>\nDr. Liben is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University and has been the Director of the Montreal Children\u2019s Hospital Paediatric Palliative Care Program since 1995. He has co-developed and teaches a mindful medical practice course to medical students as part of his work in McGill\u2019s Programs in Whole Person Care.<br \/>\nThis lecture is offered by the Physicians\u2019 Alliance against euthanasia, and is the closing event of our second medical conference, Improving Care 2019, which will be held the same day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #a60808; font-size: 22px; font-family: georgia;\">In the literature\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology (Feb. 2019).<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1179554919829500\">Access to Palliative Care for Cancer Patients Living in a Northern and Rural Environment in Ontario, Canada: The Effects of Geographic Region and Rurality on End-of-Life Care in a Population-Based Decedent Cancer Cohort.<\/a> M. S., Caswell, J. M., Santi, S. A., Ballantyne, B., Meigs, M. L., Knight, A., et al.<\/p>\n<p><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\">info@collectifmedecins.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS<\/strong>\u00a0so that we can continue to speak on your behalf:<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>Canadian doctors confront the \u201cneutrality\u201d and \u201cfairness\u201d myths Since legalization of euthanasia in Canada (euphemistically labelled \u201cMedical Assistance in Dying\u201d \/ MAID), there has been significant domestic push-back from both doctor and patient-based sources in which our Alliance has played an active part, both here and abroad. 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