Our Primary Need Is to Be Loved: The Case of Euthanasia in Quebec

A dialogue among health care professionals interested in more person-oriented medical care, organized by the MedConference

While Quebec’s health care system lobbies to accommodate assisted suicide, a chorus of voices against this practice, that is federally outlawed, is heard on the front lines. A stream of witnesses, especially among medical professionals, brings the discussion on the issue of “care” to surprising depth. “The patient facing the end of life needs to be accompanied in a human way”. A group of a group of health care professionals and students from Quebec, tells us about their experiences with the dying and the living, and pleads for the importance of solidarity.

This event has been sponsored by the planning committee of the MedConference.

The MedConference is an annual three-day medical conference for physicians, nurses and students. The organizers of this conference desire to provide a meeting place where health care professionals come to dialogue to rebuild a person-oriented medical care.

The 2011 MedConference will take place on October 21-23 at Hamilton Park Hotel, Florham Park, NJ. For more information contact us at: medconference.aamp@gmail.com

For programs, pictures and transcripts from the 2009 and 2010 MedConferences go to: www.medconference.org/2009 and www.medconference.org/2010