{"id":7587,"date":"2017-10-14T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T03:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587"},"modified":"2018-03-06T17:00:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:00:27","slug":"ensuring-access-to-euthanasia-by-encouraging-physician-participation-its-complicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it’s complicated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean Murphy*<\/a><\/p>\n

In July, 2017, Canadian euthanasia\/assisted suicide (EAS) practitioners and advocates alleged that patient access to euthanasia and assisted suicide was in danger because of “barriers” and “disincentives” to physician participation. Dr. Stefanie Green, president of their professional association, described the situation as “a crisis.”1<\/a> There was, in fact, no crisis \u2014 only a false perception of crisis fuelled by unrealistic expectations about levels of physician participation in euthanasia and assisted suicide.2<\/a><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, it is reasonable for policy makers to respond to their concerns that physicians are discouraged from participating in euthanasia and assisted suicide. Indeed, objecting physicians are less likely to experience disadvantage and coercion if policy-makers seriously consider suggestions by EAS practitioners and advocates about how to encourage physician participation in euthanasia.<\/p>\n

Removing barriers and disincentives to physician participation<\/h2>\n

Minimizing procedural and administrative requirements<\/strong>
\nReturning to the complaints and concerns of Canadian euthanasia practitioners (see Canada’s Summer of Discontent<\/em><\/a>2<\/a>), reducing or streamlining procedural requirements and minimizing burdensome paperwork might encourage more physicians to participate. However, this raises a question that may prove difficult to answer. Is a procedural requirement a “barrier” \u2014 or a necessary safeguard? A “disincentive” \u2014 or an essential ethical prerequisite? The difficulty is illustrated by developments in Belgium. . . .[Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sean Murphy* In July, 2017, Canadian euthanasia\/assisted suicide (EAS) practitioners and advocates alleged that patient access to euthanasia and assisted suicide was in danger because of “barriers” and “disincentives” to physician participation. Dr. Stefanie Green, president of their professional association, described the situation as “a crisis.”1 There was, in fact, no crisis \u2014 only a … Continue reading “Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it’s complicated”<\/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":[77,402,32,4,162,1093],"tags":[2591,1560,1885,2760,1412,2713,3325,3324,1421,3327,2517,2573,1112],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-belgium","category-canada","category-commentary","category-euthanasia","category-netherlands","tag-doctors-of-bc","tag-dying-with-dignity-canada","tag-eric-van-wijilck","tag-flemish-palliative-care-federation","tag-james-downar","tag-jeff-blackmer","tag-madeliene-li","tag-palliative-filter","tag-royal-dutch-medical-association","tag-ruben-van-coevorden","tag-stefanie-green","tag-tanja-daws","tag-wim-distelmans"],"yoast_head":"\r\nEnsuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it's complicated - 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=7587\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it's complicated - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sean Murphy* In July, 2017, Canadian euthanasia\/assisted suicide (EAS) practitioners and advocates alleged that patient access to euthanasia and assisted suicide was in danger because of “barriers” and “disincentives” to physician participation. Dr. Stefanie Green, president of their professional association, described the situation as “a crisis.”1 There was, in fact, no crisis \u2014 only a … Continue reading "Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it’s complicated"\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-15T03:45:15+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-07T01:00:27+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7587#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7587\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it’s complicated\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-15T03:45:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-07T01:00:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7587\"},\"wordCount\":216,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Doctors of BC\",\"Dying with Dignity Canada\",\"Eric van Wijilck\",\"Flemish Palliative Care Federation (Belgium)\",\"James Downar\",\"Jeff Blackmer\",\"Madeliene Li\",\"palliative filter\",\"Royal Dutch Medical Association\",\"Ruben van Coevorden\",\"Stefanie Green\",\"Tanja Daws\",\"Wim Distelmans\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Assisted suicide\",\"Belgium\",\"Canada\",\"Commentary\",\"Euthanasia\",\"Netherlands\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7587#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7587\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7587\",\"name\":\"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it's complicated - Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-15T03:45:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-07T01:00:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7587#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7587\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=7587#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it’s complicated\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"description\":\"Service, not Servitude\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ConscienceProject\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/consciencepro\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/consciencepro\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\r\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it's complicated - Protection of Conscience Project News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it's complicated - Protection of Conscience Project News","og_description":"Sean Murphy* In July, 2017, Canadian euthanasia\/assisted suicide (EAS) practitioners and advocates alleged that patient access to euthanasia and assisted suicide was in danger because of “barriers” and “disincentives” to physician participation. Dr. Stefanie Green, president of their professional association, described the situation as “a crisis.”1 There was, in fact, no crisis \u2014 only a … Continue reading \"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it’s complicated\"","og_url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587","og_site_name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","article_published_time":"2017-10-15T03:45:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-07T01:00:27+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@consciencepro","twitter_site":"@consciencepro","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it’s complicated","datePublished":"2017-10-15T03:45:15+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-07T01:00:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587"},"wordCount":216,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["Doctors of BC","Dying with Dignity Canada","Eric van Wijilck","Flemish Palliative Care Federation (Belgium)","James Downar","Jeff Blackmer","Madeliene Li","palliative filter","Royal Dutch Medical Association","Ruben van Coevorden","Stefanie Green","Tanja Daws","Wim Distelmans"],"articleSection":["Assisted suicide","Belgium","Canada","Commentary","Euthanasia","Netherlands"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587","name":"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it's complicated - Protection of Conscience Project News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-10-15T03:45:15+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-07T01:00:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7587#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ensuring access to euthanasia by encouraging physician participation: it’s complicated"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","description":"Service, not Servitude","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization","name":"Protection of Conscience Project","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Protection of Conscience Project"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","https:\/\/x.com\/consciencepro","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/consciencepro"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7588,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7587\/revisions\/7588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7587"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=7587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}