Advanced Requests for MAID: Are They Compatible with Canadian Medical Practice?

Abstract

The recent passing of Bill C-7 has placed Advance Requests for MAID (ARMs) on Canada’s legislative agenda. We discuss how ARMs may create ethical and practical challenges for Canadian medical practice.

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

“…The topic of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is fraught with ethical complexity. Some specific areas of MAID with documented ethics implications involve individual and/or institutional conscientious objection/abstention (1)(2)(3), capacity to consent in advance (4)(5)(6), and whether MAID should only be permitted for people whose desire to hasten death is motivated by physical ailments (7)(8)(9)(10).…”