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Ethical considerations in the regulation of euthanasia and physician-assisted death in Canada

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  • Landry, Joshua T.
  • Foreman, Thomas
  • Kekewich, Michael

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On February 6th 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released their decision on Carter v Canada (Attorney General) to uphold a judgment from a lower court which determined that the current prohibition in Canada on physician-assisted dying violated the s. 7 [Charter of Rights and Freedoms] rights of competent adults whose medical condition causes intolerable suffering. The purpose of this piece is to briefly examine current regulations from Oregon (USA), Belgium, and the Netherlands, in which physician-assisted death and/or euthanasia is currently permitted, as well as from the province of Quebec which recently passed Bill-52, “An Act Respecting End-of-Life Care.” We present ethical considerations that would be pertinent in the development of policies and regulations across Canada in light of this SCC decision: patient and provider autonomy, determining a relevant decision-making standard for practice, and explicating challenges with the SCC criteria for assisted-death eligibility with special consideration to the provision of assisted-death, and review of assisted-death cases.

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  • Landry, Joshua T. & Foreman, Thomas & Kekewich, Michael, 2015. "Ethical considerations in the regulation of euthanasia and physician-assisted death in Canada," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(11), pages 1490-1498.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:119:y:2015:i:11:p:1490-1498
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.10.002
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    1. Nathalie Burlone & Rebecca Grace Richmond, 2018. "Between morality and rationality: framing end-of-life care policy through narratives," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 51(3), pages 313-334, September.

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