信教医生拒实施安乐死法院裁定可转介病人

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2018年2月1日 10:34

@*@*@*EMBARGOED FOR HOSPITAL STORY@*@*@*STAROLY-DIGITAL IMAGE-03/21/02-Day Two in the emergency department at Toronto East General Hospital. Two nurses work together to get an IV line into the arm of Daniel Harkins, 88, a resident of the Jean Dudley Supportive Housing, (1434 Stephenson Ave, Unit 2), who was brought to the emergency department by an ambulance crew(Rob Hughes and Bryan Colton) because the home could not care for him any more. getting a good vein is often difficult with the elderly. He was attended to by nurses, Denise Bulmer(blue), Jane Lau(tan), and Nicole Marinoff(white t), who were working hard to get an IV into his old arms.(Peter Power/TORONTO STAR)pmp

■上诉庭裁定医生若以宗教为由拒绝替病人安乐死，便须转介予其他医生。星报资料图片

综合报道

安省高等法院上诉庭昨日裁定，安省医生若然基于道德或宗教理由拒绝替病人进行安乐死、避孕或堕胎等，他们必须把病人转介给愿意提供这项服务的医生，以确保病人获得其需要的护理服务。

加拿大基督教医生与牙医学会（Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada）、加拿大天主教医生协会（Canadian Federation of Catholic Physicians’ Societies）及加拿大维护生命医生协会（Canadian Physicians for Life）等专业团体，联同5名医生早前入禀法院，挑战安省内外科医生协会（CPSO）的转介政策。

为保障公众利益他们指协会的政策违反宪法赋予医生宗教及良知自由的权利，而转介病人到提供安乐死、避孕或堕胎等服务的医生，即等同强迫病人接受治疗。

协会方面则辩护指，这项政策平衡了个别医生道德信念及病人取得所需治疗的权利。

法院最终在裁决书中指出，执业医生必须接受为保障公众利益而遵守协会的监管规例，不能把个人意愿凌驾在公众利益之上。

安省内外科医生协会及其支持者表示，裁决代表病人的胜利，而反对组织则会在评估裁决后决定是否上诉。

资料来源：加通社