Talking to the family of Leyanne Burchell in preparation for this feature story on assisted suicide, the conversation kept returning to loss of control and the fear it creates. It struck me as a central point of disagreement between supporters and opponents of changes to Canada’s laws on doctor-assisted death.
Leyanne, I was told, liked to run her life her way. Solicitous nurses in palliative care — a medical service for the dying that ...
