Submission + - Quebec doctors want euthenasia legalized. (www.cbc.ca)
"The president of the federation of medical specialists, Dr. Gaetan Barrette, said doctors already see some form of euthanasia in the course of their work. "Eighty one per cent of doctors do see the practice of euthanasia given the circumstances in their practice," Barrette said. "They hear their patients, they see their patients, asking for it."
Barrette says the debate over euthanasia is similar to the one 20 years surrounding legal access to abortion. A recent Angus Reid poll found that 77 per cent of Quebecers support the move to legalize euthanasia.
In TV interviews, Barrette said that the most frequent request by families currently is cessation of treatment and the administration of lots of sedatives. Seeing as this has been going on for at least 20 years, we really do need to put in a legal framework that protects both the doctor and the patient."