{"id":8516,"date":"2018-01-22T21:09:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T05:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8516"},"modified":"2018-07-08T21:11:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T04:11:55","slug":"bc-recorded-188-medically-assisted-deaths-77-on-vancouver-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8516","title":{"rendered":"BC recorded 188 medically assisted deaths; 77 on Vancouver Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Vancouver Sun<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Amy Smart, Victoria Times-Colonist<\/p>\n<p>Seventy-seven people on Vancouver Island died with medical assistance in 2016, more than any other region in B.C. \u2014 and most other provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Some speculate the high number might be the result of demographics and a long history of advocacy for the right to assisted death.<\/p>\n<p>For each assisted death performed, between five and 10 patients are deemed ineligible, Island Health said.<\/p>\n<p>A Times Colonist survey of provincial coroners, health ministries and health authories found that British Columbia ranked among the highest of medical assistance in dying, with 188 assisted deaths recorded. That was one more than Ontario, where the chief coroner recorded 187 deaths. . . [<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/b-c-ranked-highest-with-188-medically-assisted-deaths-recorded-of-which-77-were-on-vancouver-island\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver Sun Amy Smart, Victoria Times-Colonist Seventy-seven people on Vancouver Island died with medical assistance in 2016, more than any other region in B.C. \u2014 and most other provinces. Some speculate the high number might be the result of demographics and a long history of advocacy for the right to assisted death. For each assisted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8516\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BC recorded 188 medically assisted deaths; 77 on Vancouver Island&#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":[77,32,162,9],"tags":[561],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-british-columbia"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>BC recorded 188 medically assisted deaths; 77 on Vancouver Island - 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=8516\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BC recorded 188 medically assisted deaths; 77 on Vancouver Island - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vancouver Sun Amy Smart, Victoria Times-Colonist Seventy-seven people on Vancouver Island died with medical assistance in 2016, more than any other region in B.C. \u2014 and most other provinces. 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