{"id":7097,"date":"2016-07-04T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T23:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7097"},"modified":"2018-03-06T20:45:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T04:45:37","slug":"muhc-to-allow-medically-assisted-dying-in-palliative-care-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7097","title":{"rendered":"MUHC to allow medically assisted dying in palliative care unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Montreal Gazette<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">John Meagher<\/p>\n<p>The McGill University Health Centre said Monday it will change\u00a0its\u00a0policy and allow\u00a0medically assisted dying in its palliative care unit after coming under fire from Health Minister Ga\u00e9tan Barrette last week.<\/p>\n<p>The uproar came about after a patient at the Glen site had to be transferred out of the palliative care unit to receive medical\u00a0aid in dying in April.<\/p>\n<p>Barrette sent a letter to the MUHC\u2019s director general last week, asking the hospital network\u00a0to change its policy, because it does not respect the new\u00a0law. . . 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The uproar came about after a patient at the Glen site had to be transferred out of the palliative care unit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7097\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUHC to allow medically assisted dying in palliative care unit&#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":[32,162,9],"tags":[2076,184,2374,410,2495],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-gaetan-barette","tag-hospitals","tag-mcgill-university-health-centre","tag-quebec","tag-veronique-hivon"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>MUHC to allow medically assisted dying in palliative care unit - 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=7097\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MUHC to allow medically assisted dying in palliative care unit - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Montreal Gazette John Meagher The McGill University Health Centre said Monday it will change\u00a0its\u00a0policy and allow\u00a0medically assisted dying in its palliative care unit after coming under fire from Health Minister Ga\u00e9tan Barrette last week. 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