Who Chooses: End of Life Decision Making and Persons with Disabilities

Tuesday, May 31/11: Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities (MLPD) and Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) Forum: "Who Chooses: End of Life Decision Making and People with Disabilities." In Manitoba, the College of Physicians and Surgeons has given doctors the power to deny or withdraw life-sustaining treatment without the consent of patients and their families. Persons living with disabilities fear this power could result in life-saving treatment being withheld from them in the mistaken belief that their disabilities justify letting them die.