News Items About the Use of Medical Assistance in Dying Raise Concerns About the System in Canada

Sebastian Straube; Charl Els; Xiangning Fan

doi:10.7202/1108010ar

News Items About the Use of Medical Assistance in Dying Raise Concerns About the System in Canada

Sebastian Straube Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7862-0398
Charl Els John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1177-2984
Xiangning Fan Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0039-5052

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1108010ar

Keywords: medical assistance in dying, MAID, news reports, poverty, socioeconomic circumstances, Canada

Language(s): English

Abstract

Several recent news items discuss cases where medical assistance in dying seems to be sought not because the medical situation is beyond hope despite optimal supports, but rather because supports that could theoretically be available are inaccessible in practice or, if accessible, are apparently insufficient. We discuss these developments.

Published

2023-12-04

How to Cite

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Straube S, Els C, Fan X. News Items About the Use of Medical Assistance in Dying Raise Concerns About the System in Canada. Can. J. Bioeth. 2023;6:132-3. https://doi.org/10.7202/1108010ar.

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Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3-4 (2023): Open Issue & MAID

Section

Letter to the Editor

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