Thu Nov 3, 2022 – 11:02 am EDTThu Nov 3, 2022 – 11:04 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Canadian doctors are being encouraged to suggest euthanasia, even if their patients have shown no previous inclination towards it.
Guidelines released by the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) in 2019 clearly state that doctors are duty-bound to suggest to their patients that death is an alternative form of healthcare. Without doctors initiating such a conversation, the guidelines say, patients would not have “informed consent.”
“… [P]hysicians and nurse practitioners (jointly referred to hereafter as clinicians) involved in care planning and consent processes have a professional obligation to initiate a discussion about MAiD [medical assistance in dying] if a patient might be eligible for MAiD,” the document reads.
“The discussion should include all treatment options, including palliative care and the option of MAiD,” it adds, saying that this conversation is “required to fulfill informed consent criteria and support patient autonomy.”
According to a November 2, 2022 article in Canada’s National Post, CAMAP’s vice president Dr. Konia Trouton said that the standards set in the guidelines are necessary to ensure that patients know what their options are. She
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