The President of the Isle of Man Medical Society (IOMMS) has expressed concerns following news that a bill permitting assisted suicide has received Royal Assent. The IOMMS represents around 150 medical professionals on the Isle of Man. In 2023, a survey of…
The special groundbreaking issue of Neurorehabilitation includes a Papal speech on moral duties related to quality of life, care, and withdrawal/withholding of care, as well as a paper by noted Jewish theologian Rabbi Elliot Dorff (University of Judaism, Los…
How medical freedom was eroded, and what it will take to restore it. If you raise cows and a feed mill sells you a contaminated batch, you can take the mill to court. The same holds for the dealer who…
TORONTO — For Lisa Marr, the government’s decision to ban people from accessing medical assistance in dying for mental illness feels like “a stab in the back.” “They’re not thinking about those people who have lived with it their entire life…
By NINA JOUDEH, US SENIOR REPORTER A retired paramedic who has battled severe mental illness for more than five decades has slammed Canada’s decision to block people with psychiatric conditions from accessing medically assisted death. Lisa Marr, who lives in…
'We shouldn’t be expanding an already flawed system even further,' said Inclusion Canada CEO Krista Carr OTTAWA — Ottawa’s changes to its medically assisted suicide framework are being viewed by some as one step forward and one step backwards. While many…
For Lisa Marr, the government’s decision to ban people from accessing medical assistance in dying for mental illness feels like “a stab in the back.” “They’re not thinking about those people who have lived with it their entire life and…
Ahead of its 5 November parliamentary vote, nearly 50 mental health organisations published an opinion to the Brussels League for Mental Health (LBSM) that called on lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would allow authorities to enter private residences to enforce certain…
The bill, tabled by Justice Minister Sean Fraser Tuesday, also seeks to update the reporting requirements health care professionals. Minister of Justice Sean Fraser and Minister of Health Marjorie Michel in Ottawa earlier this month. Both are expected to take…
Patients at Kopanong Provincial Hospital in Vereeniging have been sleeping on bloodied floors and have had to hold their drips themselves while they have waited in the casualty ward for beds, sometimes for several days. ‘If you don’t love your…
Assisted dying laws and debates: the UK assisted dying bill, US state laws, Canada's MAID and other countries.
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