{"id":180,"date":"2012-08-28T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T00:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=180"},"modified":"2018-03-09T09:57:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T17:57:45","slug":"mcgill-university-professor-suggests-new-profession-needed-if-euthanasia-legalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"McGill University professor suggests new profession needed if euthanasia legalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>J. Donald Boudreau, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Associate Professor of Medicine at McGill University, has written a column protesting a decision by a B.C. Supreme Court judge to legalize physician assisted suicide and euthanasia.\u00a0 Dr. Boudreau argues that the decision, if upheld, would poison the practice of medicine.\u00a0 He closes with the suggestion that, if Canadians are willing legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia despite the concerns of palliative care physicians, responsibility for providing the services should be assigned to a new profession: euthanatrics. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/commentary\/physician-assisted-suicide-poisons-the-mission-of-medicine\/article4503845\/\"><em>Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J. Donald Boudreau, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Associate Professor of Medicine at McGill University, has written a column protesting a decision by a B.C. Supreme Court judge to legalize physician assisted suicide and euthanasia.\u00a0 Dr. Boudreau argues that the decision, if upheld, would poison the practice of medicine.\u00a0 He closes with the suggestion that, if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=180\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;McGill University professor suggests new profession needed if euthanasia legalized&#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":[77,32,5,162,9],"tags":[101,3405],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-carter-v-canada","tag-j-donald-boudreau"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>McGill University professor suggests new profession needed if euthanasia legalized - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=180\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"McGill University professor suggests new profession needed if euthanasia legalized - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"J. 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