{"id":9937,"date":"2019-12-03T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2020-01-01T16:42:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T00:42:18","slug":"decision-to-ban-assisted-dying-at-ladner-hospice-goes-against-fraser-health-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9937","title":{"rendered":"Decision to ban assisted dying at Ladner hospice goes against Fraser Health policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Irene Thomas is the only non-denominational hospice within Fraser Health that doesn&#8217;t allow assisted dying. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vancouver Sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">David Carrigg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            The decision by a Ladner hospice to ban medical assistance in dying in its facility is at odds with Fraser Health policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             On Monday, the newly appointed hospice society president, Angelina Ireland, told staff and volunteers at its Irene Thomas Hospice that the board had repealed a recent decision by the old board to allow MAiD at the facility. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/fraser-health-accepts-hospice-decision-to-ban-assisted-dying\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irene Thomas is the only non-denominational hospice within Fraser Health that doesn&#8217;t allow assisted dying. Vancouver Sun David Carrigg The decision by a Ladner hospice to ban medical assistance in dying in its facility is at odds with Fraser Health policy. On Monday, the newly appointed hospice society president, Angelina Ireland, told staff and volunteers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9937\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Decision to ban assisted dying at Ladner hospice goes against Fraser Health policy&#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":[77,32,5,162,9],"tags":[3909,3471,3266,1012,3908,3911,3910],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-angelina-ireland","tag-delta-hospice-society","tag-fraser-health-authority-british-columbia","tag-hospices","tag-irene-thomas-hospice","tag-jim-levin","tag-nancy-macey"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Decision to ban assisted dying at Ladner hospice goes against Fraser Health policy - 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=9937\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Decision to ban assisted dying at Ladner hospice goes against Fraser Health policy - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Irene Thomas is the only non-denominational hospice within Fraser Health that doesn&#8217;t allow assisted dying. 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