The issues of assisted suicide and palliative care in Canada should be discussed in the context of human rights according to a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal…”The equalization of palliative care must occur before legalization of assisted suicide, otherwise there runs the very real risk that a decision to request assisted death is not fully consenting because of the lack of meaningful choices in the ability to alleviate pain and distress.”
“Assisted Death, Palliative Care and Human Rights”
Medical News Today
February 1, 2011
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