{"id":7449,"date":"2017-06-20T10:40:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T17:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7449"},"modified":"2018-03-06T17:27:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:27:04","slug":"not-referring-patients-for-euthanasia-is-a-matter-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7449","title":{"rendered":"Not referring patients for euthanasia is a matter of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Re: Balancing one right with another for access to assisted dying, June 14<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Toronto Star<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Lucas Vivas<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Warren misrepresents what is meant in medicine by a referral. In referring a patient to another physician, I make a pledge of responsibility to that patient that I am acting in their best interest. Whether that other physician proceeds or not with a given intervention is immaterial to my duty to only refer for the good of the patient. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/letters_to_the_editors\/2017\/06\/20\/not-referring-patients-for-euthanasia-is-a-matter-of-conscience.html\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re: Balancing one right with another for access to assisted dying, June 14 Toronto Star Lucas Vivas Mr. Warren misrepresents what is meant in medicine by a referral. In referring a patient to another physician, I make a pledge of responsibility to that patient that I am acting in their best interest. Whether that other &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7449\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Not referring patients for euthanasia is a matter of conscience&#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":[77,32,5,162],"tags":[2651,3336,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","tag-abandonment","tag-lucas-vivas","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Not referring patients for euthanasia is a matter of conscience - 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=7449\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Not referring patients for euthanasia is a matter of conscience - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Re: Balancing one right with another for access to assisted dying, June 14 Toronto Star Lucas Vivas Mr. Warren misrepresents what is meant in medicine by a referral. 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