July 15 2020.

 There are over 14,000 practicing lawyers in British Columbia.  And I could not find one to represent me against VCHA.  There is something terribly wrong.. 

What goes on in the courts is just as bad as what goes on in the medical profession. Unless you are a special insider you have no access to real justice or real medical treatment. Note, you have to be special. If you are lucky you will get a watered down version making you a third class citizen.  And if you are not lucky you can become a non-person with the help of the public guardian and trustee.

No wonder my PTSD won't go away.

I found the 14,000 figure on the internet when I asked how many lawyers are there in BC.  Unfortunately I could not do a screen shot from google to this blog.

Trying to find a lawyer was impossible.  The lawyers I approached would not even let me tell my story.  All I had to mention was VCHA and I was dismissed: .rejection after rejection.

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However I was able to cut and paste this: 

Over 12,500 lawyers in B.C. responded to the survey in 2019. Chow said there are over 14,000 practicing lawyers in the province.Jul. 15, 2020

 

An argument against Euthanasia

 

An Argument for Physician-Assisted Suicide and Against Euthanasia

Raphael Cohen-almagor

The article opens with the hypothesis that the default position that should guide healthcare providers when treating patients at the end of life is that patients opt for life. In the absence of an explicit request to die, we may assume that patients wish to continue living. Thus the role of the medical profession is to provide patients with the best possible conditions for continued living. The article makes a case for physician-assisted suicide legislation. It examines the ‘quality of life’ argument, and the issue of the patient’s autonomy and competence. It is argued that (1) quality of life is a subjective concept. Only the patient can conclude for herself that her quality of life is so low to warrant ending it, and that (2) only competent patients may request ending their lives. Patients’ lives should not be actively terminated by the medical team without the explicit consent of patients. 

 

The article then probes the role of physicians at the end of life, arguing that medicine should strive to cater to the wishes of all patients, not only the majority of them. Physicians should not turn their backs to justified requests by their patients. Physicians are best equipped to come to the help of patients at all stages of their illness, including their end-of-life. At the same time, in ending life, the final control mechanism should be with the patient. Thus physician-assisted suicide is preferred to euthanasia in order to lower the possibility of abuse and of ending the lives of patients without their consent and against their wishes. As matters of life and death are grave, they should be taken with utmost seriousness, requiring the instalment of ample checks against abuse and facilitating mechanisms designed to serve the patient’s best interests.