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Suffering as a Criterion for Medical Assistance in Dying
Canada has followed the pattern of Benelux nations by legislating sufferingSuffering as the pivotal eligibilityEligibility criterionCriterion for...
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Introducing Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: Lessons on Pragmatic Ethics and the Implementation of a Morally Contested Practice
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada has had a tumultuous social and legal history. In the 6 years since assisted dying was decriminalized by...
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“We Should Not Lightly Assume”: A Review of Legislative, Regulatory and Jurisprudential Developments of MAID Safeguards
In the Supreme CourtSupreme Court of Canada of CanadaCanada decision of Carter v. CanadaCarter v. Canada (Attorney General) 2015, the Court approved...
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From a Court Judgement to Federal Law
The goals of this chapter are to provide a concise and accessible overview of: the key events leading up to the legalization in CanadaCanada of...
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Death on Demand?: Canada’s Culture and Values at a Crossroads
The 2015 Supreme Court of Canada decision Carter v. Canada marks an inflection point in legal and medical thought and practice. For the first time...
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The “Reasonably Foreseeable Natural Death” Requirement in Bill C-7, and Expressivist Harm
This chapter focuses on one possible criterion for eligibility to access Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): the “reasonably foreseeable natural...
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Carter v Canada: Exploring the Ebb and Flow of “Competing” Societal Values Through Sections 7 and 1 of the Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
This chapter explores Carter v CanadaCanada, the case that led to the decriminalization of termination of life practice in Canada, otherwise known as...
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From Prohibition to Permission: The Winding Road of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada
In this paper, I offer a personal and professional narrative of how Canada went from prohibition to permission for medical assistance in dying...
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Palliative Care: Captive and Casualty of Carter v Canada?
When the Carter v CanadaCanada case found the prohibition against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide unconstitutional, it simultaneously...
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Integrating Medical Assistance in Dying into Health Care: Processes and Challenges
Medical Assistance in Dying or MAiD poses procedurally complex challenges that can be a major source of distress to both, the providers as well as...
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Medical Aid in Dying in Canada: Undertaking Clinical Ethics Consultations in a Rapidly Evolving Regulatory Landscape
Canada’s relatively new medical assistance in dying regime embodies a rapidly shifting regulatory and legal landscape. Healthcare professionals,...
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MAiD to Last: Creating a Care Ecology for Sustainable Medical Assistance in Dying Services
This paper depicts a case study of an organizational strategy for the promotion of ethical practice when introducing a new, high-risk,...
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Unbalanced: Mental Illness, MAID and Medico-legal Principles
On March 17, 2021 the Parliament of Canada passed Bill C-7Bill C-7, an amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada, expanding access to medical...
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Implementation of Medical Assistance in Dying as Organizational Ethics Challenge: A Method of Engagement for Building Trust, Kee** Peace and Transforming Practice
This paper focuses on the ethics of how to approach the introduction of MAiD as an organizational ethics challenge, a focus that diverges from the...
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Health care providers’ ethical perspectives on waiver of final consent for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): a qualitative study
BackgroundWith the enactment of Bill C-7 in Canada in March 2021, people who are eligible for medical assistance in dying (MAiD), whose death is...
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The religious character of secular arguments supporting euthanasia and what it implies for conscientious practice in medicine
Contemporary bioethics generally stipulates that public moral deliberation must avoid allowing religious beliefs to influence or justify health...
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A Sceptics Report: Canada’s Five Years Experience with Medical Termination (MAiD)
This article seeks to assess the results of legislation legalizing medical termination, known in Canada as "medical aide in dying" in 2016. Its...
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A qualitative study of experiences of institutional objection to medical assistance in dying in Canada: ongoing challenges and catalysts for change
BackgroundIn June 2016, Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAiD). From the outset, some healthcare institutions (including faith-based and...
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Monitoring of MAID: Deficits of Transparency and Accountability
Monitoring of MAIDMonitoring of MAID was recognised as an essential component of the MAID program. However, monitoring started late in the rollout of...
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Implementing Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: Implications for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The Canadian law on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is an attempt to balance various constitutional rights of individuals with society’s interest...