{"id":1371,"date":"2012-03-22T21:35:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T04:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2012-03-22T21:35:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T04:35:17","slug":"compulsory-referral-for-euthanasia-recommended-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1371","title":{"rendered":"Compulsory referral for euthanasia recommended in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Select Committee on Dying with Dignity has tabled a report unanimously recommending &#8220;relevant legislation be amended&#8221; to allow euthanasia in the province of Quebec.\u00a0 The Committee also recommends that objecting physicians be forced to refer for the procedure.\u00a0 According to the recommendations, conscientious objections by nurses will be allowed, but it does not indicate whether or not they should be compelled to participate in or facilitate the procedure by referral or other means. The Committee recommends that codes of ethics for physicians and nurses be amended accordingly.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assnat.qc.ca\/en\/document\/55417.html\">recommendations<\/a> are available in English, but the report will not be available in English until May [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.assnat.qc.ca\/en\/actualites-salle-presse\/nouvelle\/actualite-25939.html\">Quebec National Assembly<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Select Committee on Dying with Dignity has tabled a report unanimously recommending &#8220;relevant legislation be amended&#8221; to allow euthanasia in the province of Quebec.\u00a0 The Committee also recommends that objecting physicians be forced to refer for the procedure.\u00a0 According to the recommendations, conscientious objections by nurses will be allowed, but it does not indicate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1371\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Compulsory referral for euthanasia recommended in Quebec&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,32,162,9],"tags":[289],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-quebec-comission-on-dying-with-dignity"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Compulsory referral for euthanasia recommended in Quebec - 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