Dr Ramona Coelho: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Family Physician; Senior Fellow of Domestic and Health Policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute; Member of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Death Review Committee
- Quoted on
- Assisted dying
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“Social vulnerability—poverty, housing insecurity, insufficient accommodations, and, in my view, systemic discrimination—combined with a superficial approach to alleviating suffering, can lead to MAiD deaths.”
What Dr Ramona Coelho has said
“The focus should have been on ensuring adequate palliative care and support for Mrs B and her spouse. Hospice and palliative care teams should have been urgently re-engaged, given the severity of the situation.”
member of the Medical Assistance in Dying Death Review Committee · Assisted dying · 30 Sept 2026 · Canada: Woman euthanised against her will after requesting palliative care ↗
Where Dr Ramona Coelho has been quoted
- Canada’s Shortcut to Death: How Assisted Dying Fails Our Most Vulnerableblogs.bmj.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Canada: Woman euthanised against her will after requesting palliative carerighttolife.org.uk · 30 Sept 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
- Voluntary euthanasia: will it be a fickle majorityThe Malta Independent Online
- Licensable picture: Bolivia debates euthanasia bill, in El AltoReuters Connect
- This senior dog was given up for euthanasia. A stranger offered her a new life.The Washington Post
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