She Sought Help in Crisis and Was Suggested MAID Instead
Experts say Kathrin Mentler’s experience is indicative of a slippery slope when it comes to health care for mentally ill and disabled patients.
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Experts say Kathrin Mentler’s experience is indicative of a slippery slope when it comes to health care for mentally ill and disabled patients.
Bill C-7 has created ethical tensions between MAID providers and palliative care, between transparency and patient privacy, and between offering a dignified death rather than a dignified life.
A Toronto woman says the enduring effects of long Covid that leave her in constant fatigue, robbing her the ability to work, leads her to decide ending her life by assisted suicide.
A family physician said Canada’s medical assisted dying policy sets a “dangerous precedent” that has opened up doors ...
Liberals Pass Controversial Medically Assisted Dying Bill, With Help of Bloc Quebecois Next, senators will have to decide whether to accept the verdict or insist on their amendments A revised bill that expands access to medically assisted suicide was passed in the House of Commons on March 11. In order to force a vote before a March 26 deadline as well as force closure on debate, the Bloc Quebecois joined with the minority Liberal government to help pass the controversial bill. Bill C-7 will expand access of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to people suffering solely from mental illness, an...