Canadian doctors help 2,000 people commit 自殺 in a year after country legalised medically-補助装置d deaths for 患者s with incurable 病気s

  • Doctors in Canada have helped nearly 2,000 die since change in 法律 last year
  • 補助装置d 自殺 in the country is reserved for adults with very serious problems
  • Comes as UK High 法廷，裁判所 turns 負かす／撃墜する terminally-ill man's 補助装置d 自殺 request

By Stewart Paterson For Mailonline

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Doctors in Canada have helped nearly 2,000 people 苦しむing with incurable illnesses commit 自殺.?

Since medically-補助装置d 自殺 was legalised in June last year, 1,982 chose to end their lives either by lethal 注射 at hospital or at home, によれば Health Canada.

一方／合間, Canadian bishops have 教えるd their clergy to 否定する 宗教的な funerals for those who chose to end their lives in such a way.?

The number of 補助装置d deaths is 始める，決める to rise but remain at いっそう少なく than two per cent of all deaths 全国的な this year?― '一貫した with international experience', the 報告（する）／憶測 追加するd.?

Since medically-assisted suicide was legalised in June last year, 1,982 chose to end their lives either by lethal injection at hospital or at home, according to Health Canada

Since medically-補助装置d 自殺 was legalised in June last year, 1,98 2 chose to end their lives either by lethal 注射 at hospital or at home, によれば Health Canada

Doctor-補助装置d 自殺 in Canada is reserved only for adults 苦しむing serious problems who want to end their 苦しむing?― most are 癌 患者s.

Just days after the 法律 was altered to 許す the practice, a 法廷，裁判所 challenged 試みる／企てるd to 拡大する its remit to 含む Canadians 苦しむing from wasting 病気s but not 直面するing 即座の death.?

These 含む those 苦しむing from spinal muscular atrophy, 多重の sclerosis, spinal stenosis, locked in syndrome, traumatic spinal 傷害, Parkinson's 病気 and Huntington's 病気.

It comes after terminally-ill British man Noel Conway lost his 戦う／戦い in the High 法廷，裁判所 to be end his life with a doctor's 援助.?

These include those suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, multiple sclerosis, spinal stenosis, locked

These 含む those 苦しむing from spinal muscular atrophy, 多重の sclerosis, spinal stenosis, locked

In a 判決，裁定 on Thursday, three 裁判官s turned 負かす／撃墜する Mr Conway's request for 補助装置d 自殺.?

Mr Conway, 67, has モーター neurone 病気 and has been given いっそう少なく than six months to live.

Conway had 適用するd to the 法廷，裁判所 in July, asking for a 宣言 that Britain's 無法者ing of 自殺 is 相いれない with the European 条約 on Human 権利s.?

After the 判決，裁定, Conway said he was '深く，強烈に disappointed' and ーするつもりであるd to 控訴，上告.?

He said that since he was now no longer 井戸／弁護士席 enough to travel abroad to 得る 補助装置d 自殺 in Switzerland - the only country in Europe that 合法的に helps foreigners end their lives.?

His only 選択 now was to die by suffocation, by 除去するing his ventilator himself.?

Britain's High Court has rejected a terminally ill man's request to be killed with medical help in a ruling on Thursday

Britain's High 法廷，裁判所 has 拒絶するd a terminally ill man's request to be killed with 医療の help in a 判決，裁定 on Thursday

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