Close X
Friday, November 1, 2024
ADVT 
National

Doctors debate end-of-life care at Canadian Medical Association meeting

Darpan News Desk Canadian Press, 19 Aug, 2014 10:40 AM
    End-of-life care is a hot topic of discussion today at the annual conference of the Canadian Medical Association.
     
    Long lines of physicians and palliative-care experts queued up to share their own experiences and opinions about how end-of-life conditions for ailing Canadians should change as the population ages.
     
    One rural doctor said family pets and farm animals that are dying are often treated in a more humane and dignified manner than their human owners at the end of life.
     
    Another urged family physicians to start taking on palliative care, saying it shouldn't be handed off to specialists as their longtime patients age and face life-threatening illnesses.
     
    Others suggested some Canadians wouldn't be clamouring for euthanasia and assisted suicide with such passion if Canada had a better standard of palliative care.
     
    The session ended with CMA members voting overwhelmingly in favour of an advisory resolution that supports the right of all physicians, within the bonds of existing legislation, to follow their conscience when deciding whether to provide so-called "medical aid in dying."
     
    The CMA defines "medical aid in dying" as, essentially, euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    New housing price index rose 0.2 per cent in June: Statistics Canada

    New housing price index rose 0.2 per cent in June: Statistics Canada
    Statistics Canada says its new housing price index rose 0.2 per cent in June.

    New housing price index rose 0.2 per cent in June: Statistics Canada

    Strong stock markets helped CPP Investment Board earn 1.6 per cent return in Q1

    Strong stock markets helped CPP Investment Board earn 1.6 per cent return in Q1
    The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it earned a gross investment return of 1.6 per cent in the first fiscal quarter of 2015, as it benefited from a strong performance across global stock markets, especially in Canada.

    Strong stock markets helped CPP Investment Board earn 1.6 per cent return in Q1

    Raw milk farmer loses bid to take case to Supreme Court, vows to continue fight

    Raw milk farmer loses bid to take case to Supreme Court, vows to continue fight
    The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from an Ontario farmer who has long championed the right to sell and drink unpasteurized milk, but he says "it's not the end of the road."

    Raw milk farmer loses bid to take case to Supreme Court, vows to continue fight

    Man convicted in confinement and sex assault of Nova Scotia teen dies in prison

    Man convicted in confinement and sex assault of Nova Scotia teen dies in prison
    A man convicted in the case of a Nova Scotia teen who was kidnapped, chained and sexually assaulted has died in a Nova Scotia prison.

    Man convicted in confinement and sex assault of Nova Scotia teen dies in prison

    Toronto's top cop accepts apology from Mayor Rob Ford's brother

    Toronto's top cop accepts apology from Mayor Rob Ford's brother
    Toronto's top cop has decided to accept an apology from Mayor Rob Ford's brother.

    Toronto's top cop accepts apology from Mayor Rob Ford's brother

    Court appearance for suspect in disappearance, murder of grandparents and boy

    Court appearance for suspect in disappearance, murder of grandparents and boy
    A man charged in the disappearance and murder of a five-year-old boy and his grandparents has made a brief court appearance.

    Court appearance for suspect in disappearance, murder of grandparents and boy