{"id":6634,"date":"2016-03-02T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T00:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6634"},"modified":"2018-03-05T19:26:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T03:26:21","slug":"doctor-assisted-dying-hits-logistical-hurdle-at-the-pharmacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6634","title":{"rendered":"Doctor-assisted dying hits logistical hurdle at the pharmacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pharmacists have been reluctant to dispense necessary drugs<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Vancouver Sun<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Jeff Lee<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. doctor who helped an Alberta woman with Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease end her life said she&#8217;s having trouble accessing the medications needed to help patients who want to commit suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ellen Wiebe, director of the Willow Women&#8217;s Clinic in Vancouver, said she has a second patient seeking a court-ordered exemption that would allow a doctor to assist in her death. But she faced resistance from the B.C. College of Pharmacists, which warned its members as recently as last weekend to seek legal advice if asked to dispense drugs to be used in physician-assisted dying. . . [<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/health\/doctor+assisted+dying+hits+logistical+hurdle+pharmacy\/11758244\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharmacists have been reluctant to dispense necessary drugs Vancouver Sun Jeff Lee The B.C. doctor who helped an Alberta woman with Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease end her life said she&#8217;s having trouble accessing the medications needed to help patients who want to commit suicide. Dr. Ellen Wiebe, director of the Willow Women&#8217;s Clinic in Vancouver, said &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6634\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Doctor-assisted dying hits logistical hurdle at the pharmacy&#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":[562,2389,275],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-college-of-pharmacists-of-british-columbia","tag-ellen-wiebe","tag-pharmacists"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Doctor-assisted dying hits logistical hurdle at the pharmacy - 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=6634\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doctor-assisted dying hits logistical hurdle at the pharmacy - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pharmacists have been reluctant to dispense necessary drugs Vancouver Sun Jeff Lee The B.C. doctor who helped an Alberta woman with Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease end her life said she&#8217;s having trouble accessing the medications needed to help patients who want to commit suicide. 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