{"id":7713,"date":"2017-04-07T10:40:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7713"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:40:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T02:40:45","slug":"dying-with-dignity-cant-be-forced-on-doctors-or-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7713","title":{"rendered":"Dying with dignity can&#8217;t be forced on doctors \u2014 or hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Coercion is a solution in search of a problem, a dead end when we have pathways to get people where they want to go.<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Toronto Star<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Martin Regg Cohn<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly in a matter of life and death, a war of words is at play: Medical suicide versus death with dignity.<\/p>\n<p>Lowering the temperature, the authorities have settled on a more antiseptic acronym: MAID, or Medical Assistance in Dying.<\/p>\n<p>There is no anodyne phrase, no easy right or wrong when both sides believe themselves to be on side of the angels. Or view the other side as being angels of death. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2017\/04\/07\/dying-with-dignity-cant-be-forced-on-doctors-or-hospitals-cohn.html?\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coercion is a solution in search of a problem, a dead end when we have pathways to get people where they want to go. Toronto Star Martin Regg Cohn Unsurprisingly in a matter of life and death, a war of words is at play: Medical suicide versus death with dignity. Lowering the temperature, the authorities &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7713\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dying with dignity can&#8217;t be forced on doctors \u2014 or hospitals&#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":[77,32,4,162],"tags":[1838],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-commentary","category-euthanasia","tag-martin-regg-cohn"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Dying with dignity can&#039;t be forced on doctors \u2014 or hospitals - 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=7713\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dying with dignity can&#039;t be forced on doctors \u2014 or hospitals - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Coercion is a solution in search of a problem, a dead end when we have pathways to get people where they want to go. 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