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| Wesley Smith |
You went into medicine to be a healer and not a killer? Tough! Thou shalt kill.
But Quebec radically changed that role. And now, seeks to impose a duty to kill on doctors at the threat of medical martyrdom.
Those are not the exact words, but are certainly the gist of what Quebec’s Minister of Health is threatening in the face of a palliative care center declaring it would not euthanize patients. From the CTV News story:
Terminally ill patients in Quebec who seek medical aid in dying must be provided with the service even if some doctors are against it, Quebec’s health minister said Wednesday.
Gaetan Barrette called out uncooperative doctors and directors of institutions in the province’s health care network Wednesday after a palliative care unit in Montreal announced it wouldn’t offer the service. Quebec’s right-to-die law comes into effect on Dec. 10 and Barrette says the patient will be the priority. “The role of (medical) institutions is to offer the service,” he said. “And it will be offered.”
Requiring anyone to commit homicide who has not joined the military or police is a profound violation of human rights. I hope there is an international court or tribunal to which dissenting MDs in Quebec can appeal their being dragooned into the euthanasia squad.
Culture de la mort, Wesley? Qu’est-ce que la culture de la mort?
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A hospital in Bellingham, Washington created a false and invalid DNR without ever telling us. It was illegally witnessed by a hospital risk management employee who's job is to protect the hospital against lawsuits. Responders later claimed they witnessed my wife expire and refused to administer immediate emergency medical treatment, I never learned of the DNR till two years later after being told by police the hospital falsely claimed I made death threats to hospital employees and responders. No lawyer will take the case, it's a political hot potato, so I recently filed it myself, any help would be greatly appreciated. bobbynorthlake@gmail.com
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