A sa dying Vancouver Island woman wages a very public legal battle to have a
physicianhelp end her life, British Columbia doctors are debating whether they even want to …

T he Supreme Court of Canada's 5-4 ruling against a British Columbia woman's request for
physician-assisted sui-cide gives the CMA some time to re-flect on a euthanasia policy for …

A t the CMA's 1993 annual meeting, physician-assisted death (PAD) was discussed at two
forums, an in-camera information session and an open General Council debate that …

We regard the assertions in Dr. Voth's letter as inaccurate and misleading. He makes it
sound as if the statement on physician-assisted death called for the immediate legalization …

In the July 15 issue, lawyer Karen Capen reviewed the cases concerning euthanasia and
physician-assisted suicide that had been sent to the US Supreme Court (Can Med Assoc J …

Anne Mullens used a recent fellowship provided by the Atkinson Foundation to take an in-
depth look at euthanasia in the Netherlands. During her time in Holland, she discussed the …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the opinions of Alberta physicians about active
euthanasia had changed and to assess the determinants of potential changes in opinion …

P ublic interestin euthanasia has increased dramatically in recent years: Canadian courts
have confirmed a person's right to risk death by refusing life-sustaining treatment,'-3 …

1 Dating back to approximately the fifth Century BCE, the Hippocratic Oath apparently
prohibits the practice of physician assisted suicide." I will neither give a deadly drug to …

F ollowing its 126th annual meeting in Calgary in August, the CMA is irrevocably involved in
the national debate over euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Not only did General …