JD/MBA student Alec Yarascavitch wins first National Health Law School Essay Competition

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

JD/MBA student Dr. Alec Yarascavitch is the winner of the inaugural Law School Essay Competition from the Canadian Bar Association National Health Law Section for his paper entitled Assisted Dying for Mental Disorders: Why Canada’s Legal Approach Raises Serious Concerns.

Health Law, Ethics and Policy Workshop: Thana De Campos

Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series

presents 

Thana De Campos
Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Research Associate, Global Strategy Lab, University of Ottawa
 

Is the Right to Health a Right to Well-Being?
Distinguishing the Essential and Non-Essential Health Needs 

Conference: Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) for Persons Living with Mental Illness

A one-day colloquium sponsored by the Journal of Ethics in Mental Health and the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.

Schedule and registration form (PDF)

Video

Click on the external links below to watch the conference proceedings on video.

Prof. Trudo Lemmens co-authors "The dangers of euthanasia-on-demand" in Chicago Tribune

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

In a commentary in the Chicago Tribune, Prof. Trudo Lemmens and co-authors Willem Lemmens (chair of the department of philosophy at the University of Antwerp) and Arthur Caplan (professor of bioethics at New York University) warn of the dangers of a Dutch proposal to allow euthanasia for a "completed life" ("The dangers of euthanasia-on-demand," October 17, 2016).

The Dangers of Euthanasia on Demand: Op-ed Chicago Tribune on the Dutch "Completed Life" Assisted Dying Proposal

Trudo Lemmens
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

The following co-authored editorial first appeared in the Chicago Tribune on October 18, 2016. It is a commentary on the Dutch government's proposal to introduce a new law that would enable state organized life-ending interventions for people who feel they have a 'completed life' but do not suffer from any 'untreatable medical condition' that causes 'unbearable suffering' (which are the key criteria to obtain access under the Dutch Euthanasia law). A new special 'counsellor in dying' would assess whether the request to have one's life terminated would be 'genuine' and based on a reasonable assessment of 'completed life'. 

The dangers of euthanasia-on-demand

By expanding access to euthanasia, the Netherlands puts society's most vulnerable at risk.

Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series: Colin Gavaghan

HEALTH LAW, ETHICS & POLICY SEMINAR SERIES

presents

Colin Gavaghan
Associate Professor and
New Zealand Law Foundation Director in Emerging Technologies,

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