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The National Nova Scotia's presumed consent for organ donation explained
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil tabled legislation that will make the province the first jurisdiction in North America to have presumed consent for organ and tissue donation. People will be able to opt out of donating their organs, but the onus will be on them to do so once the bill is proclaimed.
- 2019
- 00:02:22
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/02/2019
The Nature of Things The Genetic Revolution
Trailblazing scientists are making ground-breaking discoveries in the rapidly evolving world of genetic engineering. Technologies like CRISPR are making it possible to quickly and cheaply change the DNA of all living things, including humans. Today, genes can be edited almost as easily as words on a computer screen. This new ability to alter our DNA holds the promise of curing ...
- 2018
- 00:45:00
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/27/2018
The National Choosing death earlier than planned
A Nova Scotia woman who has chosen a medically assisted death says Canada's new law is too extreme and unfair. She says she's now forced to make the difficult choice to end her life earlier than she'd like.
- 2018
- 00:02:56
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/06/2018
News in Review - October 1996 Human Reproduction: Redefining Life
Technology and the control over human reproduction is the point of departure for examining the related controversial social and ethical issues.
- 1996
- 00:14:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/04/2017
Marketplace Tired doctors: How your doctor’s schedule could harm your health
Do tired and overworked doctors working marathon hours make more mistakes? Sleepless shifts of up to 30 hours are routine for many of Canada’s 12,000 resident doctors. That’s unacceptable and dangerous, according to a panel of medical experts. But Canada has no national standard for the hours residents work. David Common and two doctors stay awake and put themselves to ...
- 2016
- 00:21:38
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/19/2016
Firsthand Road to Mercy
Canadian doctors and patients navigate the newly granted right to die under a broad Supreme Court decision — the first of its kind outside Europe. As we enter the farthest ethical frontier, Road to Mercy documents a new reality where doctors are allowed to take a life and where we as a country must decide on the circumstances under which ...
- 2016
- 00:44:02
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/19/2016
Power & Politics Senate Passes Assisted Dying Bill
Host Rosemary Barton speaks with Senate Liberal Leader James Cowan about whether or not the amended Bill C-14 on assisted dying meets the constitutional bar and why the Senate passed it despite the fact that its narrow scope for access was denounced.
- 2016
- 00:04:33
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/05/2016
The Fifth Estate The Pain Game: Drugs, Doctors and Pro Sports Classroom Favourites
It's no secret that professional sports is big business, but as this investigation by The Fifth Estate reveals, the pressures put on some team doctors to nurse high-priced star players back to health is leading to the over-prescription of drugs and ultimately harming the athletes.
- 2015
- 00:41:52
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/03/2015
The Fifth Estate Dead Enough
It’s a question you might think medical science would have answered long ago — when are you dead? But in Dead Enough, The Fifth Estate explores how the standards for when and how people are declared dead can vary from province to province and even from hospital to hospital. Host Bob McKeown looks at how, in the rush to meet the need for ...
- 2014
- 00:38:48
- 15-17
- Added on: 08/27/2014
The Fifth Estate The Life and Death of Gloria Taylor: Assisted Suicide
Gloria Taylor, a B.C. woman stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), was the first Canadian ever to win the right to ask a doctor for help in dying. The Fifth Estate chronicles her struggle with mortality as she fights publicly to change the law over the course of what would be the last year of her life. This documentary ...
- 2012
- 00:42:10
- 15-17
- Added on: 03/04/2014
The National Last Right: Assisted Suicide in Canada (Part 1 of 4)
In this first of four parts, The National explores the growing demand for new laws governing assisted suicide in Canada. The renewed push comes from baby boomers, a politically active generation that is now aging and demanding more control over their final days. This segment also explores the life of Bill Kennett. A senior Ottawa bureaucrat, he was used to making big ...
- 2013
- 00:20:47
- 15-17
- Added on: 02/12/2014
The National Last Right: Reflections (Part 4 of 4)
When Duncan McCue and The National started this series on the right-to-die debate, their offices were flooded with emails, some of them including very personal stories from viewers whose loved ones have grappled with end-of-life questions. This final segment in the Last Right series tells these Canadians' stories.
- 2013
- 00:11:50
- 15-17
- Added on: 01/15/2014
The National Last Right: Harriet's Story (Part 2 of 4)
In this second of four parts, The National's Duncan McCue continues the series on dying with dignity. All her life, Harriet Scott liked being in the driver's seat. So when her doctor told her she had a terminal case of liver cancer, she was determined to die on her own terms. But would the choice be taken away from her as ...
- 2013
- 00:18:10
- 15-17
- Added on: 01/13/2014
The National Last Right: Sandy Trunzer's Story (Part 3 of 4)
In this third installment from the documentary series Last Right, from The National, Duncan McCue meets Sandy Trunzer. She's 49 and dying of a rare disorder. She hoped to respect the laws banning assisted suicide by simply shutting off her pacemaker, but that decision is proving to be problematic.
- 2013
- 00:17:51
- 15-17
- Added on: 01/09/2014
News in Review - November 2013 What is Dying with Dignity?
It’s sometimes called euthanasia, others call it “dying with dignity” – and it means the right to end one’s life peacefully. Dr. Donald Low, an infectious disease expert from Ontario, died this fall of a rare brain tumour. In a video shot shortly before he passed away, Low made an impassioned plea for Canada to change its laws on assisted ...
- 2013
- 00:18:23
- 15-17
- Added on: 11/15/2013
News in Review - September 2013 Henry Morgentaler, Death of a Canadian Protagonist
He was a Second World War concentration camp survivor who came to Canada, became a doctor and changed the way the country treated women seeking abortions. Henry Morgentaler was a controversial figure – loved by some, reviled by others. He died on May 29, 2013.
- 2013
- 00:14:41
- 15-17
- Added on: 09/25/2013
The National Murder or Mercy? Euthanasia on Trial
Francine Pelletier presides over a debate on euthanasia, one of the most emotionally charged issues in Canada today. Dr. James Young, Ontario's Chief Coroner, discusses the current definition of euthanasia and we look at how other countries have grappled with this issue. Marilynne Seguin, a registered nurse and executive director of the organization Dying With Dignity, presents views favouring euthanasia. ...
- 1995
- 00:54:09
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Man Alive A Choice for K'aila
Should parents pay any price to prolong the life of a dying child? What if the only medical treatment available brings with it possible long-term suffering? This is the story of K'aila, whose parents fought their doctor in a court battle over a potentially life-saving liver transplant.
- 1990
- 00:27:35
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Witness Who Owns My Life? The Sue Rodriguez Story
This moving documentary chronicles the last 18 months in the life of a courageous woman who battled a fatal disease while fighting for her legal right to doctor-assisted suicide. We go behind the scenes and beyond the issues to spend intimate moments with this gracious, yet determined woman who allowed her personal pain to become public in her bid for ...
- 1994
- 00:50:53
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
News in Review - April 2006 Web Donors: Looking For Organs Online
These days you can find almost anything on the Internet. So it’s not surprising that people who desperately need an organ transplant are also going online. But is looking for a donor on the Web the right thing to do? Some doctors don’t think so, and they are refusing to perform transplant operations using organs from total strangers. In this ...
- 2006
- 00:15:08
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/15/2006
News in Review - March 2001 Cloning Human Embryos: Ethical Quandary
Britain and other governments have recently taken the controversial step of allowing scientists to clone human embryos for medical research. As has occurred in many countries, an ethical debate on human cloning and its related issues has raged in Canada for a number of years since the technology to do so has become more of a reality. Canada, however, has ...
- 2001
- 00:11:17
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/15/2001
News in Review - September 1995 The Latimer Case: Mercy or Murder?
What is the Latimer case all about? First and foremost it is about Tracy Latimer, a young Saskatchewan girl severely disabled with cerebral palsy who was intentionally killed by her father, Robert. It is also about her family who loved her and suffered with her. The killing of Tracy by her father has been characterized as everything from premeditated criminal ...
- 1995
- 00:13:54
- 15-17
- Added on: 09/15/1995
News in Review - October 1993 Sue Rodriguez: Choosing Death
Sue Rodriguez never wanted to be famous. She wanted to die peacefully with some dignity and without pain. ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, robbed her of many of life's simple pleasures and would ultimately bring her into conflict with Canadian law. Assisted suicide and euthanasia are against the law in Canada, but the legal route of suicide would soon be ...
- 1993
- 00:16:05
- 15-17
- Added on: 10/15/1993
News in Review - February 1992 Nancy B: The Right to Decide
The historic legal decision which allowed Nancy B. to refuse medical treatment is the starting point for looking at the complex questions involving medical treatment, life and death.
- 1992
- 00:13:01
- 15-17
- Added on: 02/15/1992
