Tag: Cutherbertson v Rasouli

Toronto hospital illegally imposed ‘do-not-resuscitate’ order against wishes of dying man’s family, medical board rules

  By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition In a rare display of disagreement with the College of Physicians and Surgeons, The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board last week held that “Doctors at a major Toronto hospital violated the law by unilaterally imposing a do-not-resuscitate order on Douglas DeGuerre against his family’s wishes,” …

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Euthanasia Prevention Coalition applauds precedent-setting Rasouli decision by the Supreme Court of Canada

In a 5-2 decision the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a lower court decision that doctors must obtain consent from patients or substitute decision-makers before withdrawing life-sustaining treatment where such a decision is anticipated to result in the death of the patient. The case–Cutherbertson v Rasouli–revolved around the insistence of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences …

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