Ellen Wiebe

Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia

Gynaecology, abortion, assisted death, MAiD (medical assistance in dying)

Media

B.C. cuts funding to hospice that refuses to provide medical assistance in dying

Jewish care home accuses doctor of 'sneaking in and killing someone'

Doctors should ensure their patients have a good death

Dr. Ellen Wiebe: 'We should all have the right to die at our own choice'

Vancouver doctor cleared of wrongdoing in probe into assisted death at Orthodox Jewish nursing home

Doctor won't be disciplined for providing assisted death at Jewish nursing home in Vancouver

Biography

Dr. Ellen Wiebe is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia. After 30 years of full-service family practice, she now restricts her practice to women’s health and assisted death. She is the Medical Director of Willow Women’s Clinic in Vancouver and provides medical and surgical abortions and contraception. She developed Hemlock Aid to provide consultations for doctors and patients about aid in dying and provides assisted death.

Expertise

  • Gynaecology
  • Abortion
  • Assisted death
  • MAiD (medical assistance in dying)