Physician Assisted Suicide and the Implications of Carter: One Year Later

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In its landmark decision Carter v. Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously struck down the ban on physician-assisted suicide, giving the federal government one year to draft legislation. Our experts will explore the far-reaching implications of this case and the proposed legislation on those involved in the health care sector. Benefit from unique insight and lessons learned from Quebec as it has worked to overcome challenges implementing the new assisted death legislation. Whether you are a health law practitioner, management or counsel working in health care institutions, long-term care or retirement homes, or a licensed medical professional, you will benefit from this thoughtful and practical discussion about the changing landscape of end of life care. Topics include:

• Where are we now? The state of physician assisted death in Canada
• Update on consultation hearings held by the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying
• Legislative initiatives proposed by the federal government
• Canada Medical Association’s response to Carter
• Implications of draft guidelines proposed by the provincial Regulatory Colleges
• Assisted death: a medical, ethical or legal decision?
• Real world challenges when implementing physical assisted death practices  – lessons learned from the front lines in Quebec
  • How to manage conscientious objection of health care professionals
  • Where does it happen (e.g. at patient’s bedside, special hospital unit, at home)?
  • Practical challenges in interpreting eligibility criteria (e.g. “unbearable suffering”, “imminent death”, etc.)
• Practical implications – what your health care institution, long term care and retirement facilities need to be doing now

This webinar is part of the Best Practices and Practical Realities: The Osgoode Elder Law Webinar Series.

Faculty

Series Chair

• Laura Tamblyn Watts, Chair, Law and Aging Theme Team, National Initiative for Care of the Elderly

• Mark Handelman, Firm Counsel, Whaley Estate Litigation
• Dr. Jeff Blackmer, Vice President, Medical Professionalism, Canadian Medical Association
• Dr. Eugene Bereza, Director, Centre for Applied Ethics, McGill University Hospital Centre, Associate Professor, Biomedical Ethics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

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