Millions of people turn to professional help to deal with depression, suicidal thoughts, and other challenging problems, but the Canadian Psychiatric Association calls it discriminatory if the country’s current law prohibits their patients from ending their own lives.
Article: Canadian Psychiatric Association approves euthanasia (Link).
Article: Canadian psychiatrists: Refusing euthanasia for the mentally ill is discrimination (Link).
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| Alex Schadenberg |
“But right off the bat this is the wrong idea,” he warns. “Psychiatrists are supposed to be caring for people with mental illness, supposed to be caring for people who have suicidal ideation, not killing them.”He credits the American Psychiatric Association for making it clear that doctors should not be involved in killing those in their care.
“I'll go one step further: In Canada, you have a situation where capital punishment is not permitted, so right off the bat physicians traditionally do not participate in capital punishment because they believe it's wrong for a physician to do so,” Schadenberg observes. “And here you will now have psychiatrists involved in euthanasia"
- Article: Is euthanasia psychiatric treatment? (Link).
- Article: Why legalizing medical assistance in dying for people with mental illness is misguided (Link).
- Article: Quebec court expands euthanasia by striking the terminal illness requirement. Euthanasia for psychiatric reasons is next (Link).
- Article: Psychiatrists must prevent suicide, not provide it (Link).
- Article: Physically healthy depressed man died by euthanasia in BC (Link).
- Article: Dr Mark Komrad: Why psychiatrists should oppose euthanasia (Link).
- Article: American Psychiatric Association position on euthanasia. (Link).
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