doctor assisted suicide
Doctor-assisted suicide is now responsible for one percent of all deaths in Canada
Since being legalized last year, new data shows voluntary euthanasia has grown by nearly 50 percent.
Doctor-Assisted Dying Has Been ‘Normalized’ in Canada in Just One Year
At Canada’s biggest hospital network, 19 patients had a medically assisted death in 2016-17.
Canada just passed a law that regulates assisted suicide
Assisted suicide has been technically legal in Canada since June 6, which is the date in which a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that struck down the ban on doctor-assisted death took effect. Now, there are rules.
Sexual Abuse Victim in Her 20s Allowed Suicide by Doctors in Netherlands
After living with "unbearable" trauma despite psychiatric treatment, a Dutch woman was allowed to end her life. We spoke with a sexual trauma counselor about how to help patients who feel hopeless.
Canada Has Unveiled Its Plan to Let Sick People Die by Physician-Assisted Suicide
"It was not a question of whether we were going to move forward with medical-assisted dying, it was a question of how," Canada's justice minister said on Thursday.
Canadians Are Asking Courts to Let Them Die Before New Rules Kick In
As the deadline looms for the federal government to come up with new legislation allowing for doctor-assisted death, an unprecedented number of Canadians are exploring how they might end their lives sooner.
The Year in Health Care or How Canada Tried to Fix Some Mistakes
It's almost 2016 and chronically ill patients can now choose to end their own life, but women in PEI still can't get an abortion.
Doctors Mount Opposition As Quebec Prepares For New Assisted Death Law
The tug-of-war has left medical professionals wondering where hospitals will house the new service, and how individual doctors’ rejection of the practice will be handled.
An Election Has Put the Brakes on Doctor-Assisted Suicide Consultations in Canada
In February, Canada's Supreme Court unanimously struck down the federal laws that made it a crime for doctors to help their patients die. It gave the government a year to come up with legislation to govern the practice.
Ten Years After Hunter S. Thompson's Death, the Debate Over Suicide Rages On
The sticking point, of course, is what constitutes a justifiable reason to kill yourself—or have a doctor do so for you.
Canada’s Supreme Court Has Legalized Assisted Suicide
Until this morning, physician-assisted suicide was a criminal offence in Canada and could result in criminal prosecution for any person who "aids or abets a person to commit suicide."
Right-to-Die Advocate Brittany Maynard Took Her Life This Weekend
On Saturday Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old right-to-die advocate, ended her life as promised, after battling a terminal brain tumor.