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If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again

  • In order to be eligible for MAiD, a person must have a grievous and irremediable medical condition causing enduring, intolerable, and unrelievable suffering.
Opinion | BY JAMES DOWNAR AND JOCELYN DOWNIE | April 4, 2025
According to every piece of objective data, Canada’s MAiD laws are being used for their intended purpose, write James Downar, a palliative care and critical care physician in Ottawa, and Jocelyn Downie, professor emeritus in the faculties of law and medicine at Dalhousie University. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again

Opinion | BY JAMES DOWNAR AND JOCELYN DOWNIE | April 4, 2025
  • In order to be eligible for MAiD, a person must have a grievous and irremediable medical condition causing enduring, intolerable, and unrelievable suffering.

If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again

Opinion | BY JAMES DOWNAR AND JOCELYN DOWNIE | April 4, 2025
  • In order to be eligible for MAiD, a person must have a grievous and irremediable medical condition causing enduring, intolerable, and unrelievable suffering.
According to every piece of objective data, Canada’s MAiD laws are being used for their intended purpose, write James Downar, a palliative care and critical care physician in Ottawa, and Jocelyn Downie, professor emeritus in the faculties of law and medicine at Dalhousie University. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
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