{"id":9649,"date":"2019-05-23T00:36:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T07:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9649"},"modified":"2019-09-26T00:40:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:40:37","slug":"some-quebec-doctors-still-resisting-assisted-dying-commission-chair-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9649","title":{"rendered":"Some Quebec doctors still resisting assisted dying, commission chair says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Montreal Gazette<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Aaron Derfel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        One out of two doctors who have turned down requests for medical assistance in dying by terminally-ill patients have probably done so without justification under the Quebec law, says the head of the province\u2019s commission on end-of-life care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         \u201cIt\u2019s 50-50,\u201d Dr. Michel Bureau told the Montreal Gazette in an interview. \u201cAre there some doctors who are too strict in the application of the criteria? We have observed this (attitude) in several cases.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Despite the progress made in implementing the so-called dying with dignity law, some physicians continue to resist carrying out assisted dying, although in fewer numbers than when the legislation came into effect on Dec. 10, 2015, Bureau added. . . . 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