Tag Archives: Euthanasia
Euthanasia II – The Price of Death
In the not too distant future, it seems, Ontario’s health care system will have to confront the issue of assisted suicide. The question won’t be whether to allow it or not. The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered Parliament to make it happen, and my guess is Parliament is too spineless to tell the Court […]
Euthanasia I – A Not So Modest Proposal
In anticipation of euthanasia being legalized in Canada, medical schools are scrambling to update their curriculum. Thanks to the Supreme Court they now have to teach physician assisted suicide. Or think they may have to – at this point there is no death curriculum. The whole issue is in legal limbo right now and won’t […]
Assisting Death
Sitting waiting for the vet to look at a sick cat at one o’clock in the morning gave me plenty of time to think. Expecting bad news, my mind turned to some other bad news that has hit Canada recently, something more serious than our seemingly unending winter. Canada is about to have a national […]
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