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Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Lauren Vogel<\/p>\n

Canadian doctors remain deeply divided over whether and how to provide medical aid in dying, and what is required of those who refuse to assist in ending a patient’s life.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled that patients who face intolerable suffering from a “grievous and irremediable medical condition” have a constitutional right to doctor-assisted suicide. The decision overturned a previous ban; now federal legislators must regulate the practice by Feb.\u00a06, 2016.<\/p>\n

Exactly how physicians should respond to this new legal reality dominated discussion at the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) General Council in Halifax on Aug.\u00a025. . . (Full text<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Canadian Medical Association Journal Lauren Vogel Canadian doctors remain deeply divided over whether and how to provide medical aid in dying, and what is required of those who refuse to assist in ending a patient’s life. 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