Political Science 3324F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Hippocratic Oath, Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Equal Protection Clause
6 Dec 2017
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The issue of conscience rights of doctors and assisted suicide has been a very popular one lately. Key actors are health care workers, who are required to do assisted suicide. This policy brief will recommend that ontario government takes action and add conscience rights into existing bill 84. Background information on the issue: assisted suicide is the act of intentionally killing oneself with the assistance of another who provides the knowledge, means, or both. June 17, 2016 was the date when federal legislation created a regulatory framework for medical assistance in dying in canada. Under this legislation, such process is legal if certain criteria is met. This topic is important because: the main issue is that all criteria in the legislations are referred only to the patient; medical staff, like nurses and doctors criteria is also about making sure the patient meets needed criteria. ".
