Most Canadian doctors oppose physician-assisted suicide, survey - TopicsExpress



          

Most Canadian doctors oppose physician-assisted suicide, survey suggests Only one quarter of the nation’s doctors would be willing to help terminally ill patients end their lives if the practice of doctor-assisted suicide were legalized in this country, a survey by Canada’s biggest doctors’ group suggests. Just 26 per cent of doctors surveyed by the Canadian Medical Association said they would be “very or somewhat likely” to participate in doctor-assisted dying, while 54 per cent were “very or somewhat unlikely” to do so, according to a summary of the survey posted on the CMA’s website. The doctors’ group currently opposes euthanasia and doctor-hastened death. But the issues will be high on the agenda at the CMA’s general council meeting later this month in Calgary, with a special session devoted entirely to end-of-life care.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:42:54 +0000

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