{"id":6738,"date":"2016-04-14T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T22:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6738"},"modified":"2018-03-05T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T03:18:14","slug":"six-questions-about-physician-assisted-death-from-a-conscientious-objector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6738","title":{"rendered":"Six questions about physician-assisted death, from a conscientious objector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>National Post<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Ewan C. Goligher<\/p>\n<div class=\"size-full wp-image-5337 alignleft\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 253px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/155144394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 150.000000% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; display: inline-block; position: absolute;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/155144394?et=Jmd3UMiWTtdEj6J_HV-1rQ&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=WeWn8kJV3CVYbAwpDzX4EAuSZ7Pjgq4V1l2gS4nLTy0=\" width=\"253\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Canadian policy makers have recently proposed to require all doctors to provide an effective referral for physician-assisted death (PAD) upon the patient\u2019s request. Forcing doctors to knowingly send their patient to another doctor willing to cause the patient\u2019s death will seriously compromise the moral integrity of conscientiously objecting doctors and risks undermining the quality of patient care. To understand the position of conscientiously objecting doctors, consider the following questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Should doctors provide physician-assisted death merely because it is legal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Must all doctors accept the assumptions underpinning the claim that physician-assisted death is good medical care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. If physician-assisted death remained illegal, would doctors be legally liable for making an effective referral?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Does the Charter right of Freedom of Conscience apply to doctors?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. How does respect for conscientious objection affect patient care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Will respect for conscientious objection obstruct access to physician-assisted death?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(For the author&#8217;s answers, see the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/ethics\/ethics021.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full text<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Post Ewan C. Goligher Embed from Getty Images Canadian policy makers have recently proposed to require all doctors to provide an effective referral for physician-assisted death (PAD) upon the patient\u2019s request. Forcing doctors to knowingly send their patient to another doctor willing to cause the patient\u2019s death will seriously compromise the moral integrity of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6738\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Six questions about physician-assisted death, from a conscientious objector&#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":[77,32,4,162,463,459],"tags":[101,2289],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-commentary","category-euthanasia","category-moral-reasoning","category-pluralism-secularism","tag-carter-v-canada","tag-ewan-c-goligher"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Six questions about physician-assisted death, from a conscientious objector - 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=6738\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Six questions about physician-assisted death, from a conscientious objector - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Post Ewan C. 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