Quebec palliative care centre to offer doctor-assisted suicide

The centre says on its website that while it initially refused to offer the service, it recently changed its position after consulting staff and volunteers.

National Newswatch, --November 4, 2015

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SHERBOOKE, Que. - A palliative care centre in Quebec could be one of the first to offer patients access to doctor-assisted suicide once it becomes legal.
La Maison Aube-Lumiere in Sherbrooke says it will provide the service starting Feb. 1, 2016 — just days before the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that struck down the ban on doctor-assisted dying takes effect. Medically assisted suicide will be legal in Quebec next month, however, as a new provincial law takes effect. More...

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