AuthorJeanette Saliba

The issues with medically-assisted death for mentally ill people

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In June 2016, the federal government passed legislation that allows adults to request medical assistance in dying (MAID). On 2 February 2023, the federal government introduced legislation to extend the temporary exclusion of eligibility where a person’s sole medical condition is a mental illness for an additional year. In other words, people solely suffering from mental illness will be able to...

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