CHAPTER FIVE: PROPOSALS FOR REFORM

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This report on end-of-life decision-making in Canada was produced by an international expert panel and commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada. It consists of five chapters.

Chapter 1 reviews what is known about end-of-life care and opinions about assisted dying in Canada.

Chapter 2 reviews the legal status quo in Canada with regard to various forms of assisted death.

Chapter 3 reviews ethical issues pertaining to assisted death. The analysis is grounded in core values central to Canada's constitutional order.

Chapter 4 reviews the experiences had in a number of jurisdictions that have decriminalized or recently reviewed assisted dying in some shape or form.

Chapter 5 provides recommendations with regard to the provision of palliative care in Canada, as well as recommendations for reform with respect to the various forms of assisted death covered in this document.

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: Role: Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics and Professor

: Role: Professor of Medical Ethics

: Role: Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and Professor at the Faculties of Law and Medicine

: Role: Emeritus Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine

: Role: Canada Research Chair in Primary Care Research and is a Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine

: Role: Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political Philosophy

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Bioethics

Journal ID (publisher-id): bioe

Title: Bioethics

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd (Oxford, UK )

ISSN (Print): 0269-9702

ISSN (Electronic): 1467-8519

Publication date (Print): November 2011

Volume: 25

Issue: Suppl 1

Pages: 1-4

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simpleDepartment of Philosophy, Queen's University Canada

simpleUMC Utrecht, Julius Center The Netherlands

simpleFaculties of Law and Medicine, Dalhousie University Canada

simpleUniversity of Glasgow UK

simpleDepartment of Family and Community Medicine University of Toronto Canada

simpleDepartment of Philosophy, Université de Montréal Canada

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Address for correspondence: Prof. Udo Schüklenk, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7l 2G3, Canada. E-mail: udo.schuklenk@ 123456gmail.com

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01939.x

PMC ID: 3265521

PubMed ID: 22085416

SO-VID: 96841a4a-070a-4f75-a4ec-ee9a2b61cea3

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End-of-Life Decision-Making in Canada: The Report by the Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel on End-of-Life Decision-Making

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