{"id":7386,"date":"2017-08-23T13:43:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T20:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7386"},"modified":"2018-03-03T21:05:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T05:05:43","slug":"cma-poll-finds-rising-support-for-medically-assisted-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7386","title":{"rendered":"CMA poll finds rising support for medically assisted death"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Globe and Mail<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Picard<\/p>\n

Canada’s doctors, who have never been staunch supporters of medically assisted death<\/a>, now seem to be open to a liberalization of the law.<\/p>\n

A straw poll conducted on Wednesday at the Canadian Medical Association annual meeting found that 83 per cent of delegates supported allowing “advance directives” \u2013 meaning, for example, that people with dementia could, while they are still competent, decide they want an assisted death at a later time.<\/p>\n

The informal poll of the 600 delegates also found that 67 per cent backed the idea of “mature minors” being allowed to access assisted death. (A mature minor is someone under 18 who is deemed mature enough to make decisions about their own medical treatment.)<\/p>\n

Physicians, however, were far less enthusiastic about allowing assisted death for patients whose sole problem is mental illness: Only 51 per cent backed that idea.<\/p>\n

Similar CMA straw polls showed that, in 2013, only 34 per cent of doctors supported assisted dying legislation; that rose to 45 per cent in 2014. . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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The Globe and Mail Andr\u00e9 Picard Canada’s doctors, who have never been staunch supporters of medically assisted death, now seem to be open to a liberalization of the law. 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