Following up on my previous blog, the second headline reads as follows:
"Doctors divided on assisting dying:Poll.
CMA says willing minority enough to meet the demand "
According to the poll most Canadian doctors are reluctant to help end a life. The article alleges that the results of a survey by the CMA suggests that thousands of doctors would be willing to prescribe a fatal drug overdosage for a patient whose suffering was purely psychological. Phew! I was afraid the poor patient might get appropriate medical help and get better before the lethal dose was administered. Dr. Jeff Blackmer, vice-president of professionalism (gimme a break!) at the CMA reassured the CMA gathering that there would be enough terminators to go around, with the statement, "you are talking tens of thousands of Canadian physicians that are now saying,'I will participate'".
A CMA on-line survey asked, "if a physician refuses to provide medical aid in dying, what should they be required to do? The most popular response was, "they should not be required to do anything".
I find it encouraging to note that the majority of physicians still embrace the traditional principles of the medical profession. There will always be enough who feel otherwise to ensure that those patients who wish to end their own lives will have adequate help without forcing those who find termination repulsive to perform the deed.
Mainly events that occur in and around the medical world. Some you need to know about and some you don't. All to either inform or amuse you.
The moral of the story - choose your primary physician very carefully!
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