{"id":7099,"date":"2016-07-05T17:03:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T00:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7099"},"modified":"2018-03-06T20:45:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T04:45:08","slug":"barrette-chastises-muhc-over-policy-not-to-provide-medically-assisted-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7099","title":{"rendered":"Barrette chastises MUHC over policy not to provide medically assisted death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Montreal Gazette<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Caroline Plante<\/p>\n<p>QUEBEC \u2014\u00a0The McGill University Health Centre is being forced to backtrack on a policy that exempts its\u00a0palliative care unit from\u00a0helping patients die.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Ga\u00e9tan Barrette issued a strongly worded letter to the MUHC\u2019s director general Wednesday, urging\u00a0him to change the policy, which he says\u00a0does not respect the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say that medical aid to die will not be offered in a particular unit \u2026 poses a serious problem when it comes to respecting patients\u2019 lawful right to receive end-of-life care,\u201d the minister wrote. . . [<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/quebec\/barrette-chastises-muhc-administration-over-policy-not-to-provide-medically-assisted-death\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal Gazette Caroline Plante QUEBEC \u2014\u00a0The McGill University Health Centre is being forced to backtrack on a policy that exempts its\u00a0palliative care unit from\u00a0helping patients die. Health Minister Ga\u00e9tan Barrette issued a strongly worded letter to the MUHC\u2019s director general Wednesday, urging\u00a0him to change the policy, which he says\u00a0does not respect the law. \u201cTo say &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7099\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Barrette chastises MUHC over policy not to provide medically assisted death&#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":[2073,2076,2374,410,2495,2247],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-centre-hospitalier-de-luniversite-de-montreal","tag-gaetan-barette","tag-mcgill-university-health-centre","tag-quebec","tag-veronique-hivon","tag-yves-robert"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Barrette chastises MUHC over policy not to provide medically assisted death - 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=7099\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barrette chastises MUHC over policy not to provide medically assisted death - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Montreal Gazette Caroline Plante QUEBEC \u2014\u00a0The McGill University Health Centre is being forced to backtrack on a policy that exempts its\u00a0palliative care unit from\u00a0helping patients die. 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