{"id":6301,"date":"2015-09-04T17:29:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T00:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2018-03-07T09:54:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T17:54:39","slug":"medical-leaders-grapple-with-new-euthanasia-dilemma-what-to-write-on-the-death-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6301","title":{"rendered":"Medical leaders grapple with new euthanasia dilemma: What to write on the death certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>National Post<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Sharon Kirkey<\/p>\n<p>As Canada inches closer to granting doctors the power to end the lives of consenting patients, medical leaders are grappling with a new dilemma: should deaths by lethal injection be classified &#8220;death by natural causes&#8221; on death certificates?<\/p>\n<p>Quebec&#8217;s College of Physicians is considering recommending doctors list the underlying terminal disease as the cause of death in cases of &#8220;medical aid in dying&#8221; on public death records &#8211; and not euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>The college says it wants to ensure life insurance is paid to families in cases of euthanasia and says the province&#8217;s assisted-death law will require any doctor who administers euthanasia to report the death to a special oversight body. That information will be kept confidential or shared with the college and\/or the doctor&#8217;s hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Euthanasia opponents are denouncing the proposal as an attempt to conceal the truth. It is also creating unease among some doctors who worry misstating death certificates could make it difficult to track how often assisted death is occurring once the practice becomes legal in Canada in February, and whether it is being performed legally. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/health\/medical-leaders-grapple-with-new-euthanasia-dilemma-what-should-be-on-the-death-certificate\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Post Sharon Kirkey As Canada inches closer to granting doctors the power to end the lives of consenting patients, medical leaders are grappling with a new dilemma: should deaths by lethal injection be classified &#8220;death by natural causes&#8221; on death certificates? Quebec&#8217;s College of Physicians is considering recommending doctors list the underlying terminal disease &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6301\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Medical leaders grapple with new euthanasia dilemma: What to write on the death certificate&#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":[572,1489,1064,2713,2247],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-canadian-medical-association","tag-euthanasia-prevention-coalition","tag-jean-pierre-menard","tag-jeff-blackmer","tag-yves-robert"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Medical leaders grapple with new euthanasia dilemma: What to write on the death certificate - 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=6301\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medical leaders grapple with new euthanasia dilemma: What to write on the death certificate - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Post Sharon Kirkey As Canada inches closer to granting doctors the power to end the lives of consenting patients, medical leaders are grappling with a new dilemma: should deaths by lethal injection be classified &#8220;death by natural causes&#8221; on death certificates? 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