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Oversight body fights back against challenge to assisted-dying rules
Lawyers for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario told Superior Court that its policy of “effective referral” to a non-objecting doctor balances practitioners’ religious freedoms with their “duty to provide patient-centred care for all.”
Published Jun 14, 2017 at 4:57pm
Drs. Michelle Korvemaker (left), Betty-Anne Story (centre) and Donato Gugliotta are among those challenging a physician oversight policy on medical assistance in dying, which they say could implicate them in killing another human being and violate their Charter protections of conscience and religion.
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