{"id":7723,"date":"2017-04-04T12:39:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7723"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:41:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T02:41:02","slug":"doctor-who-objects-to-physician-assisted-suicide-says-role-is-in-service-of-the-sanctity-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7723","title":{"rendered":"Doctor who objects to physician-assisted suicide says role is in &#8216;service of the sanctity of life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience wants &#8216;conscience protection&#8217; in assisted death laws<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>CBC News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A Scarborough palliative care physician says she would like Ontario to adopt a direct-access model for physician-assisted suicide, making it widely available to patients while bypassing doctors who object to the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Natalia Novosedlik is one of a group of doctors seeking what&#8217;s called &#8220;conscience protection&#8221; in the province&#8217;s assisted dying law, meaning physicians who oppose euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide would not have to refer patients to a doctor who does not have such objections, as is the case now. . . 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