Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
The Victoria Australia legislature will be voting on a bill to expand their euthanasia law. Nearly every jurisdiction that has legalized euthanasia or assisted suicide has expanded their law. The original legislation, in Victoria, included several "safeguards" including the requirement that only patients could initiate a request for euthanasia.
Dr. Ramona Coelho, is a Family Physician in Ontario; a Senior Fellow of Domestic and Health Policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a Member of Medical Assistance in Dying Ontario (MAiD) Death Review Committee (MDRC).
Dr Coehlo responds to doctors initiating requests for euthanasia:
I had a patient whose mother was offered medical assistance in dying, like many times, and they took her home because they didn't feel comfortable being in the hospital. Even after she died naturally the MAiD team apparently called the house to see if she had changed her mind.I have been contacted by people who are concerned about family members who have been offered medical assistance in dying every day during the hospitalization in a way that it seem like they were just checking up on them.
Article: Canadian doctors speak out against initiating requests for euthanasia (Link).
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