In a Nutshell: Correcting the Record About Medical Assistance in Dying

Authors

Jocelyn Downie, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of LawFollow

Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

2022

Keywords

Canada, Supreme Court of Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Death and Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, Law and Policy, MAiD, Mental Health, Physician-Assisted Dying, Vulnerability

Abstract

Jocelyn Downie clarifies what the Supreme Court of Canada’s Carter decision actually says (and doesn’t say) about advance requests for MAiD and MAiD for psychiatric illness.

Recommended Citation

Jocelyn Downie, "In a Nutshell: Correcting the Record About Medical Assistance in Dying" (17 May 2022), online (blog): Impact Ethics < https://impactethics.ca/ > [perma.cc/H7R9-6FMJ].