The Australia and New Zealand Society for Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) has issued a statement opposing euthanasia and assisted suicide. Statements of this kind indicate that the legalization of the procedures would generate significant conflicts of conscience among members of the medical community.
Category: Euthanasia
Belgium considering euthanasia for children
Belgian politicians are debating a bill proposed by the governing Socialist party to legalize euthanasia for children (with parental consent). The bill would also abolish the current 5 year limitation on advance directives for euthanasia in order to make the procedure available to persons with dementia. [ABC News]
Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Committee of Legal Experts
Jean-Pierre Ménard, Michelle Giroux
Thursday, 10 October 2013 – Vol. 43 No. 46
Note: The following translation is the product of a first run through Google Translate. In most cases it is sufficient to identify statements of interest, but more careful translation is required to properly understand the text. Translation block numbers (T#) have been assigned by the Project as references to facilitate analysis and discussion.
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| La Présidente (Mme Proulx) : À l’ordre, s’il vous plaît! La commission va poursuivre ses travaux. | 001 | The Chair (Mrs. Proulx): Order, please! The Committee will continue its work. |
| Alors, je souhaite la bienvenue à nos invités. Je vous demanderais tout d’abord de vous présenter et je vous rappelle que vous disposez d’environ 15 minutes pour votre présentation. La parole est à vous. | 002 | So I welcome our guests. I would ask you first introduce yourself and let me remind you that you have 15 minutes for your presentation. The floor is yours. |
| M. Ménard (Jean-Pierre): Alors donc, bonjour, Mme la ministre, mesdames, messieurs les députés. Alors, mon nom est Jean-Pierre Ménard, je suis président du Comité de juristes experts que le précédent gouvernement avait désigné en 2012 pour examiner la suite à donner aux recommandations de la commission de mourir dans la dignité. | 003 | Mr. Ménard (Jean-Pierre): So then, hello, Madam Minister, ladies and gentlemen. So, my name is Jean-Pierre Ménard, I am Chairman of the legal experts that the previous government had appointed in 2012 to review the follow-up to the recommendations of the Committee on Dying with Dignity |
Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Palliative Home Care Society of Greater Montreal
Elsie Monereau, Bérard Riverin
Thursday, 10 October 2013 – Vol. 43 No. 46
Note: The following translation is the product of a first run through Google Translate. In most cases it is sufficient to identify statements of interest, but more careful translation is required to properly understand the text. Translation block numbers (T#) have been assigned by the Project as references to facilitate analysis and discussion.
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| Le Président (M. Bergman) : (panne de son) …du Grand Montréal pour prendre leur place à la table. M. Riverin, Mme Monereau. | 001 | The Chairman (Mr. Bergman) (failure of the) … Greater Montreal to take their place at the table. Mr. Riverin, Ms. Monereau. |
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| Le Président (M. Bergman) : À l’ordre, s’il vous plaît! Alors, M. Riverin, Mme Monereau, bienvenue. Vous avez 15 minutes pour faire votre présentation, suivi d’un échange avec les membres de la commission. On vous demande de nous donner vos noms et vos titres, et les prochaines 15 minutes sont à vous. M. Riverin. | 003 | The Chairman (Mr. Bergman): Order, please! So Mr. Riverin, Ms. Monereau, welcome. You have 15 minutes to make your presentation, followed by a discussion with the members of the commission. We ask you to give us your names and titles, and the next 15 minutes are yours. Mr. Riverin. |
| Mme Monereau (Elsie) : Alors, je suis Elsie Monereau, je suis la directrice de soins palliatifs à la société de soins palliatifs du Grand Montréal. | 004 | Ms. Monereau (Elsie): So I am Elsie Monereau, I am the director of palliative care at the Palliative Home Care Society of Greater Montreal. |
| M. Riverin (Bérard): Je suis Bérard Riverin, directeur général, donc je suis un simple laïque parmi les cliniciens. Je travaille avec des grands cliniciens comme Mme Monereau à chaque jour, mais… Je vais essayer de vous livrer mon point de vue en tant que directeur général, et Mme Monereau, qui est, à mon point de vue, une des sommités en matière de soins palliatifs au Québec, vous livrera la partie un petit peu plus clinique et organisation des soins. | 005 | Mr. Riverin (Bérard): I Riverin Bérard, CEO, so I am a layman among clinicians. I work with great clinicians as Ms. Monereau every day, but … I’ll try to give you my perspective as CEO, and Ms. Monereau, which is, in my view, one of the leading experts in palliative care in Quebec, will deliver the a little more clinical part and organization of care. |
B.C. Court of appeal overturns assisted suicide judgement
In a 2/1 decision, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned the Supreme Court ruling in Carter v. Canada, which would have legalized physician assisted suicide. The case will almost certainly be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada.