{"id":5182,"date":"2019-10-29T12:53:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectif.lesartsmartial.com\/en\/?p=5182"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:19:17","slug":"who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians&#8217; Alliance against Euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/img.pebmed.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/22131408\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg\" alt=\"Related image\" width=\"320\" height=\"174\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings are what they are\u201d, runs traditional wisdom. True or false. Right or wrong.<\/p>\n<p>But that was yesterday. Now, apparently, things are whatever you would like them to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jean Truchon and Nicole Gladu, for instance, believe that they should have access to euthanasia because of their disabilities, even though they are in no way near the \u201cend of life\u201d as stipulated by the law.<\/li>\n<li>The euthanasia lobby agreed enthusiastically with this claim, and provided the financial and legal resources required to mount a challenge to existing law.<\/li>\n<li>The Honorable Christine Baudouin, justice of the Superior Court of Quebec, also agreed that the disabled condition of M. Truchon and Mme. Gladu justifies having them euthanized. She handed down her judgment to that effect on September 11, 2019, effectively invalidating current law, unless an appeal were made to the Supreme Court of Canada within 30 days. The deadline has come and gone with no action from the Attorney General of Canada or of Quebec.<\/li>\n<li>Prime Minister Trudeau is of the same mind, as are the NDP and the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, according to statements made during the recent campaign.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, the media, not all, but in the large majority, also support the claims of Mr. Truchon and Ms. Gladu, and loudly proclaim the righteousness of euthanizing people who are disabled and not dying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients\/\">Continue reading editorial&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make euthanasia unimaginable.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\">Catherine Ferrier<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\">President <br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\"><br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\">**************************************************************<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ab2b2b;\"><strong>Important news update:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/world-medical-association-reaffirms-opposition-to-euthanasia-and-physician-assisted-suicide\/\"><strong>World Medical Association Reaffirms Opposition To Euthanasia And Physician-Assisted Suicide<\/strong><\/a>: After an extensive worldwide consultation over a period of several years, the World Medical Association (WMA) reaffirmed on Saturday, October 26, at its Annual Assembly in Tbilisi, Georgia,&nbsp;its opposition to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ab2b2b;\"><strong>In the news:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In spite of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cacl.ca\/2019\/10\/04\/advocates-call-for-disability-rights-based-appeal-of-the-quebec-superior-courts-decision-in-truchon-gladu\/\">request signed by more than 60 organizations supporting individuals with disabilities<\/a>&nbsp;and another&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/56bb84cb01dbae77f988b71a\/t\/5d9dedc5722c6673fd5c3767\/1570631109710\/Press+Release+_+Physicians+Urge+Attorney+General+of+Canada+to+Appeal+Quebec+Medical+Assistance+in+Dying+Decision.pdf\">signed by 260 doctors outlining the significant potential harm to vulnerable groups<\/a>&nbsp;the Attorney General did not appeal the latest medical assistance in dying decision of the Quebec Superior Court (in the Truchon &amp; Gladu case) before the deadline of October 18<sup>th<\/sup>, 2019. We are disappointed by this inaction as there are numerous valid and compelling arguments for supporting the appeal, some of which have been eloquently presented by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-latest-medical-assistance-in-dying-decision-needs-to-be-appealed-heres-why-124955\">Graham Hughes in his article in The Conversation<\/a>, meriting reflection.<\/p>\n<p>Also, as evidenced in the the debate preceding the recent Federal Election, none of the party leaders except Andrew sheer were even willing to consider an appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/vatican-city\/news\/2019-10\/abrahamic-religions-life-euthanasia-suicide-palliative.html\"><strong>Abrahamic religions: no to euthanasia, assisted suicide, yes to palliative care:<\/strong><\/a> Representatives of the Abrahamic monotheistic religions condemn euthanasia and assisted suicide, and encourage palliative care everywhere and for everyone<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Medical commentaries:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lethbridgeherald.com\/commentary\/opinions\/2019\/10\/24\/ensuring-a-safe-society-for-all\/\"><strong>Ensuring a safe society for all<\/strong><\/a>:&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Ewan Goligher poses a few though<\/strong>t-provoking questions: \u201cHow then might general social acceptance and approval for euthanasia of persons with disabilities influence their sense of personal value? What does social approval for this act say about us and our values and attitudes toward those with disabilities?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Do we view those with disabilities as merely expendable, free to have their lives ended if they so choose without protest on our part? By comparison, would we protest if a healthy young woman sought to end her life because of persistent bullying on social media?\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmaj.ca\/content\/191\/36\/E989\/tab-e-letters\">Response letter from the President of the&nbsp;Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians (CSPCP)<\/a>&nbsp;regarding the article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cspcp.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f5e9b4b6a7b07de84cae1fc3f&amp;id=2cccf7390d&amp;e=77e3d3accc\">Canadian Guideline for Parkinson Disease<\/a>&nbsp;(CMAJ) and providing clarification about Palliative Care &amp; MAiD:<br \/>\nThe CSPCP recommends that the authors clarify the important distinction between palliative care and MAiD in their Guideline.<em><em>We encourage any doctors working in fields related to Parkinson\u2019s Disease to write to the CMAJ or Parkinson Canada to express their support of the views upheld by the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians for the clear delineation of MAID from palliative care.<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Legal commentary:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Article in French&nbsp;:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/debats\/opinions\/201910\/19\/01-5246118-aide-medicale-a-mourir-est-ce-ainsi-quon-meurt-au-quebec-.php\">Aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir: est-ce ainsi qu\u2019on meurt au Qu\u00e9bec?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Disability perspectives:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/315f6a52f32f\/text-of-webcast-for-20191018?fbclid=IwAR3zc9iLg5Og7aVIkiKk2Bw2_PhavSxAbLvCeq-cHU4guQc9WnorPGaNtxg\">Excerpts from the Expert Report, Part I: Decision-Making Capacity And Suicidality&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title h1 intro-title has-page-summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tvndy.ca\/en\/2019\/10\/webcast-archive-truchon-update-federal-election-expert-report-part-ii\/\">Truchon update, federal election, &amp; Expert Report Part II<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ab2b2b;\"><strong>Doctor&#8217;s voices:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/zsk2qwgpjbv3vl3\/Radio%20interview%20-%20CJOB%20Winnipeg%20-%20Oct%2025%202019.m4a?dl=0\">Radio interview&nbsp; (CJOB Winnipeg)_with Dr. Ewan Goligher,<\/a> Assistant professor at the Toronto General Hospital, on the latest decision of the Quebec Superior Court in the Truchon &amp; Gladu case. (Please note that the latter half of the interview has some especially pertinent remarks that are worth listening to).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ab2b2b;\"><strong>Across the border:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Americans are also concerned about the devastating implications end-of life laws present to individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Danger of Assisted Suicide Laws<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ncd.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/NCD_Assisted_Suicide_Report_508.pdf\">(PDF)<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ncd.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/NCD_Assisted_Suicide_Report.docx\">(DOC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u>Commentaries on the danger of assisted-suicide laws:<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatornet.com\/careful\/view\/in-us-and-canada-end-of-life-laws-endanger-people-with-disabilities\/22951\">In US and Canada, end-of-life laws endanger people with disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2019\/10\/56308\/\">\u201cFreedom,\u201d \u201cChoice,\u201d and Physician-Assisted Suicide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ab2b2b;\"><strong>Other news:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/election-2019\/opinion-federal-leaders-still-dont-seem-to-understand-the-attorney-generals-role\"><strong>Opinion<\/strong>: Federal leaders still don&#8217;t seem to understand the attorney general&#8217;s role<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>A radical change in the law for people with disabilities<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/opinion\/idees\/564374\/aide-medicale-a-mourir-un-changement-radical-du-droit-pour-les-personnes-handicapees\">Un changement radical du droit pour les personnes handicap\u00e9es)&nbsp;<\/a>: The author points that in the future, it will be dangerous for people with severe disabilities to experience periods of darkness and discouragement, as is sometimes natural, because they may then be inclined to request&nbsp; the author points out. He states that as a severely disabled person, he feel betrayed and abandoned by the governments of Canada and Quebec. Their decision not to appeal the first instance judgment declaring their law on medical assistance to die (MA) unconstitutional is unjustifiable given the fundamental issue at stake, which is the right to life.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disabled voters feel excluded from the election campaign<\/strong>&nbsp;(Article in French:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/quebec.huffingtonpost.ca\/entry\/des-electeurs-handicapes-se-sentent-exclus-de-la-campagne-electorale_qc_5da62791e4b02253a2f9bb68\">Des \u00e9lecteurs handicap\u00e9s se sentent exclus de la campagne \u00e9lectorale<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Many advocacy groups fear that medical assistance in dying will devalue the lives of people with disabilities and put them at increased risk.\u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.umanitoba.ca\/palliative-care-researcher-inducted-into-canadian-medical-hall-of-fame\/\">Palliative care researcher inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Distinguished Professor Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov [MD\/83, PhD\/98], a leader in palliative care research, has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (CMHF).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ab2b2b;\"><strong>Events:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanouvelle.net\/2019\/10\/21\/la-maison-marie-page-accueille-le-dr-patrick-vinay\/\"><strong>Maison Marie-Pag\u00e9 welcomes Dr. Patrick Vinay<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>in the&nbsp;Salle Fran\u00e7ois-Bourgeois at Coll\u00e8ge Clar\u00e9tain, Victoriaville on Monday,&nbsp;<strong>November 4 at 7 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Centre of Continuing Education of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Sherbrooke University<\/strong>&nbsp;is offering an online learning module on the appropriate use of opioids in the treatment of acute pain and chronic non-cancerous pain (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usherbrooke.ca\/bulletins\/lien\/8180\/007b8aeb299db\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudXNoZXJicm9va2UuY2EvY2ZjL2Zvcm1hdGlvbnMvb2ZmcmUvb2ZmcmUtZGV0YWlsLzI1ODAvdXRpbGlzYXRpb24tanVkaWNpZXVzZS1kZXMtb3Bpb2lkZXMtZGFucy1sZS10cmFpdGVtZW50LWRlLWxhLWRvdWxldXItYWlndWUtZXQtZGUtbGEtZG91bGV1ci1jaHJvbmlxdWUtbm9uLWNhbmNlcmV1c2Uv\">Utilisation judicieuse des opio\u00efdes dans le traitement de la douleur aigu\u00eb et de la douleur chronique non canc\u00e9reuse<\/a>).&nbsp;<strong>22 October to 18 December, 2019.<\/strong>&nbsp;Registration is free for all medical residents of Quebec.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ab2b2b;\"><strong>Resource:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.renaud-bray.com\/Livres_Produit.aspx?id=2859630&amp;def=%C3%80+tire-d%27ailes+%3a+t%C3%A9moignages+de+reconnaissance+aux+Maisons+de+soins+palliatifs+du+Qu%C3%A9bec%2cVINAY%2c+PATRICK%2c9782981814005\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.renaud-bray.com\/Livres_Produit.aspx?id=2859630&amp;def=%C3%80+tire-d%27ailes+%3a+t%C3%A9moignages+de+reconnaissance+aux+Maisons+de+soins+palliatifs+du+Qu%C3%A9bec%2cVINAY%2c+PATRICK%2c9782981814005\">\u00c0 tire-d&#8217;ailes : t\u00e9moignages de reconnaissance aux Maisons de soins palliatifs du Qu\u00e9bec (2019<\/a>&nbsp;by Dr. Patrick Vinay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/PXmKtbB\">https:\/\/imgur.com\/PXmKtbB<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ab2b2b;\"><strong>In the literature:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Intensive Care Medicine<\/strong><\/em>, 2019, Volume 45, Number 9, Page 1309.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00134-019-05702-1\">Death by organ donation: euthanizing patients for their organs gains frightening traction.<\/a>&nbsp;E. Wesley Ely<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>****************************<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ab2b2b;\"><strong>VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia is looking for volunteers to translate<\/strong>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@collectifmedecins.org\">info@collectifmedecins.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThings are what they are\u201d, runs traditional wisdom. True or false. Right or wrong. But that was yesterday. Now, apparently, things are whatever you would like them to be: Jean Truchon and Nicole Gladu, for instance, believe that they should have access to euthanasia because of their disabilities, even though they are in no way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[211,88,185,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alliance-communication","category-blog","category-newsletters","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians&#039; Alliance against Euthanasia - Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians&#039; Alliance against Euthanasia - Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThings are what they are\u201d, runs traditional wisdom. True or false. Right or wrong. But that was yesterday. Now, apparently, things are whatever you would like them to be: Jean Truchon and Nicole Gladu, for instance, believe that they should have access to euthanasia because of their disabilities, even though they are in no way [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collectifmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-29T16:53:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-12T04:19:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/img.pebmed.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/22131408\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Webmaster\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@collectifmed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@collectifmed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Webmaster\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Webmaster\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a0424d6a79129735a2e5deea0add7e2\"},\"headline\":\"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians&#8217; Alliance against Euthanasia\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-29T16:53:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-12T04:19:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1230,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/img.pebmed.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/22131408\\\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Alliance communication\",\"Blog\",\"Newsletters\",\"Uncategorized\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/\",\"name\":\"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians' Alliance against Euthanasia - Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/img.pebmed.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/22131408\\\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-29T16:53:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-12T04:19:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/img.pebmed.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/22131408\\\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/img.pebmed.com.br\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/22131408\\\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians&#8217; Alliance against Euthanasia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Collectif des medecins contre l euthanasie\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/sites\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Collectif_logo_FR.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/sites\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Collectif_logo_FR.jpg\",\"width\":483,\"height\":144,\"caption\":\"Collectif des medecins contre l euthanasie\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/collectifmed\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/collectifmed\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a0424d6a79129735a2e5deea0add7e2\",\"name\":\"Webmaster\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7f4b3bd7821b66969fc12b0c3497515b460b66f1cedfdc6a42f6f3c80ca2abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7f4b3bd7821b66969fc12b0c3497515b460b66f1cedfdc6a42f6f3c80ca2abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7f4b3bd7821b66969fc12b0c3497515b460b66f1cedfdc6a42f6f3c80ca2abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Webmaster\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/collectifmedecins.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/webmaster\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians' Alliance against Euthanasia - Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians' Alliance against Euthanasia - Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia","og_description":"\u201cThings are what they are\u201d, runs traditional wisdom. True or false. Right or wrong. But that was yesterday. Now, apparently, things are whatever you would like them to be: Jean Truchon and Nicole Gladu, for instance, believe that they should have access to euthanasia because of their disabilities, even though they are in no way [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/","og_site_name":"Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collectifmed","article_published_time":"2019-10-29T16:53:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-12T04:19:17+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/img.pebmed.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/22131408\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Webmaster","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@collectifmed","twitter_site":"@collectifmed","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Webmaster","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/"},"author":{"name":"Webmaster","@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5a0424d6a79129735a2e5deea0add7e2"},"headline":"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians&#8217; Alliance against Euthanasia","datePublished":"2019-10-29T16:53:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-12T04:19:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/"},"wordCount":1230,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/img.pebmed.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/22131408\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg","articleSection":["Alliance communication","Blog","Newsletters","Uncategorized"],"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/","url":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/","name":"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians' Alliance against Euthanasia - Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/img.pebmed.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/22131408\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg","datePublished":"2019-10-29T16:53:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-12T04:19:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/img.pebmed.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/22131408\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/img.pebmed.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/22131408\/relacionamento-medico-paciente-607x330.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/who-is-left-to-defend-ill-and-disabled-patients-october-november-2019-newsletter-of-the-physicians-alliance-against-euthanasia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Who is left to defend ill and disabled patients? October-November 2019 Newsletter of the Physicians&#8217; Alliance against Euthanasia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/","name":"Physicians\u2019 Alliance against Euthanasia","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/#organization","name":"Collectif des medecins contre l euthanasie","url":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/sites\/collectifmedecins.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Collectif_logo_FR.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/sites\/collectifmedecins.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Collectif_logo_FR.jpg","width":483,"height":144,"caption":"Collectif des medecins contre l euthanasie"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/collectifmed","https:\/\/x.com\/collectifmed"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5a0424d6a79129735a2e5deea0add7e2","name":"Webmaster","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f4b3bd7821b66969fc12b0c3497515b460b66f1cedfdc6a42f6f3c80ca2abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f4b3bd7821b66969fc12b0c3497515b460b66f1cedfdc6a42f6f3c80ca2abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f4b3bd7821b66969fc12b0c3497515b460b66f1cedfdc6a42f6f3c80ca2abcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Webmaster"},"url":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/author\/webmaster\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5244,"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5182\/revisions\/5244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}