{"id":6754,"date":"2016-03-02T17:41:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T01:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6754"},"modified":"2018-03-07T09:15:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T17:15:58","slug":"ellen-wiebe-is-the-doctor-seeking-a-smoother-path-to-assisted-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6754","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Wiebe is the doctor seeking a smoother path to assisted death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Globe and Mail<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Elizabeth Church<\/p>\n<p>The physician who helped a Calgary woman with ALS to hasten her death following a court&#8217;s approval says more needs to be done to remove roadblocks and prevent unnecessary suffering for those who meet the legal requirements to end their life.<\/p>\n<p>Ellen Wiebe, the Vancouver doctor who was with the woman when she died Monday night, said last-minute difficulties obtaining the necessary drugs and finding a second doctor as required by the court underscore the need for clear professional guidelines and a national directory of those willing to provide a medically assisted death. . . 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