Sandy Buchman

Dec 10, 2023 | yvesengler.com | Sandy Buchman |Yoni Freedhoff |Leslie Shulman

An exaggerated sense of self-importance and entitlement, hubris, chutzpah, racism while claiming victimhood and massively flawed thinking are the descriptors that come to mind when considering the 555 doctors at the U of T who signed an Open Statement to the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine (TFOM) from Jewish Physician Faculty.

Oct 16, 2023 | cmaj.ca | James Downar |Susan MacDonald |Sandy Buchman

KEY POINTSDespite fears that availability of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) for people with terminal illness would lead to requests for MAiD driven by socioeconomic deprivation or poor service availability (e.g., palliative care), available evidence consistently indicates that MAiD is most commonly received by people of high socioeconomic status and lower support needs, and those with high involvement of palliative care.