Where Do I Go to Wait? Ethical Considerations During the 90 Day Reflection Period for MAiD

  • Kesi Disha Department of Clinical and Organisational Ethics, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Andria Bianchi Department of Clinical and Organisational Ethics, University Health Network; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Ruby Shanker Department of Clinical and Organisational Ethics, University Health Network; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3431-2999
  • Nikolija Lukich Champlain Centre for Health Care Ethics, Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1098559ar
Keywords: Medical Assistance in Dying, bioethics, rehabilitation, polyphony, MAID
Language(s): English

Abstract

Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation changed in 2021; persons without a reasonably foreseeable natural death (RFND) could now be eligible for MAID and would have to wait at least 90 days before their intervention. This legislative change caused a new ethically complex question to arise, which we explore in this commentary, namely: Where should individuals without a RFND wait (for 90 days) in a publicly funded health system?

Author Biography

Kesi Disha, Department of Clinical and Organisational Ethics, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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(c) Han Han Li
Published
2023-04-06
How to Cite
[1]
Disha K, Bianchi A, Shanker R, Lukich N. Where Do I Go to Wait? Ethical Considerations During the 90 Day Reflection Period for MAiD. Can. J. Bioeth. 2023;6:70-4. https://doi.org/10.7202/1098559ar.
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023): Open Issue
Section
Critical commentaries

Copyright (c) 2023 Kesi Disha, Andria Bianchi, Ruby Shanker, Nikolija Lukich

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