2022
DOI: 10.22374/cjgim.v17i2.586
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The Expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era and Beyond

Abstract: In 2015, the Canadian parliament passed a law permitting adults to request Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) when they have a grievous, irremediable medical condition that causes unbearable suffering and their natural death is reasonably foreseeable. Following a constitutional challenge, a Quebec lower court, ruled in the Truchon vs. Canada AG case that the restriction to a reasonably foreseeable death is an unjustifiable impingement on the right to life, liberty, and security of the person and the right to e… Show more

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“…The federal government's commitment to making MAiD universally available across the country, including by imposing funding obligations on provincial health authorities, is emphasized in the preamble of Bill C-14 (Parliament of Canada 2016). Meanwhile, Canada's funding for health-care and social support services remains below the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average (Whitelaw et al 2022). Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough seemed to acknowledge such concerns and admitted that "it is easier to access MAiD than to get a wheelchair in some parts of the country" (Qualtrough 2020).…”
Section: Prioritizing Access To Maid Over Patient Safety and Needsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The federal government's commitment to making MAiD universally available across the country, including by imposing funding obligations on provincial health authorities, is emphasized in the preamble of Bill C-14 (Parliament of Canada 2016). Meanwhile, Canada's funding for health-care and social support services remains below the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average (Whitelaw et al 2022). Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough seemed to acknowledge such concerns and admitted that "it is easier to access MAiD than to get a wheelchair in some parts of the country" (Qualtrough 2020).…”
Section: Prioritizing Access To Maid Over Patient Safety and Needsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3 As access to MAiD has since expanded to include those in whom death is not reasonably foreseeable, similar concerns have arisen about whether MAiD will be sought when other options have been left unexplored or found to be unavailable. 21 While Canada does have publicly funded healthcare, not all services in support of wellness are publicly funded and/or even available in all jurisdictions across the country—and this is particularly so for people living with geriatric syndromes.…”
Section: Adequate Funding Of Supports For Symptom Managementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La pandémie a également créé de profondes incertitudes sur la façon dont les citoyens devraient mener leur vie pendant la propagation de la maladie. Tout cela a eu des répercussions sur les soins de fin de vie, y compris l'AMM, ainsi que sur le deuil (Whitelaw et al, 2022). Au Canada, bien que des directives fédérales aient été émises concernant la pandémie de COVID-19, une grande partie des restrictions, des procédures de tests et de la distribution des vaccins variait selon les lois provinciales et territoriales.…”
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