Check out this remarkable collection of concurrent sessions coming up at the 2nd International Conference on End-of-Life Law, Ethics,
Policy, and Practice (ICEL) in Halifax.
The Ethics of POLST
Lloyd Steffen
The Perils of POLST
Jean Abbott
Advanced Directives and Advanced Care Planning
Peter Saul
“Rock, Paper, Scissors” – Ideologies of End of Life Care for Older People in Hospital
Laura Green
The Cultural Construction of End of Life Issues in Biomedicing: Anthropological Perspectives
Betty Wolder Levin
Caregiver Perspectives of Palliative and End of Life Care for Individuals at End-Stage Dementia in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Qualitative
Phenomenological Perspective
Barbara Mason
End of Life Regulation and Recent Evolutions in France
Veronique Fournier
To Live and Let Die. Withholding and Withdrawing Life Sustaining Treatment in Argentina: From Therapeutic to Judicial Obstinacy
Maria Ciruzzi
When and How I Shan’t Live: Refusing Life-Prolonging Medical Treatment and Article 8 ECHR
Isra Black
Divorcing Mercy Killing from Euthanasia
Bryanna Moore
The Shift Away from Suicide Talk: Incorporating Voices of Experience
Phoebe Friesen
Elderly Who are Ready to Give Up on Life and the Right to Autonomy
Michelle Habets
Dutch GP’s Views on Good Dying and Euthanasia
Katja ten Cate
Medical Aid in Dying in New York State: Physician Attitudes and Impact of Framing Bias
Brendan Parent
Physicians’ Perceptions of Aid in Dying in Vermont
Ari Kirshenbaum
A New American Threat to Open Discussion of End-of-Life Issues
Robert Rivas
Demedicalised Assistance in Suicide
Martijn Hagens
The Human Rights Implications of the Blanket Ban on Assisted Suicide in England and Wales
Stevie Martin
A Year in Review: The Who, When, Why and How of Requests for Medical Aid in Dying in Quebec
Lori Seller and Veronique Fraser
Medical Aid in Dying: An Update from Québec
Michelle Giroux
Regulating MAiD: The Medical Regulatory Perspective
Andréa Foti
Patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Caregivers’, and Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives on Advance Care Planning on End-of-Life Care
Kim Jameson
‘You’re Going to Die.
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