Doctor-assisted Suicide

• Medically-assisted deaths rise nearly 30 per cent in second half of 2017

  A total of 3,714 Canadians chose a medically-assisted death between June 2016 and July 2017.

  Health

  Jun 21, 2018
  
• Two years in, critics say medically assisted dying laws still need work

  "People who would like to make an advanced request should they have a diagnosis like dementia, they are completely excluded from this legislation."

  Jun 8, 2018
  
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• Medically assisted death fails Saskatoon family

  Cecilia Chmura wanted to die more than she wanted to live but because her death wasn't "reasonably foreseeable" she was denied a medically assisted death.

  Health

  May 29, 2018
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• Delta hospices say they want no part in medically assisted deaths

  A group representing Delta facilities providing end of life care says they are no place for doctors to offer medically assisted death.

  Health

  Dec 4, 2017
• Assisted suicide is an affront to mental illness, not a cure for it

  This idea that suicide is dignified and painless is a dangerous one. Take it from someone who tried and failed.

  Commentary

  Apr 21, 2017
• Assisted dying law legal challenge to be joined by excluded Canadians

  Scores of suffering Canadians who've been excluded from the federal government's criteria for medical assistance in dying are lining up to join a challenge to the new law.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2016
• California woman holds party before ending life under new assisted-dying law

  The 41-year-old artist with ALS held the gathering before becoming one of the first to take a lethal dose of drugs under the state's new doctor-assisted suicide law.

  Health

  Aug 11, 2016
• A history of right-to-die legislation in Manitoba

  On Tuesday, a Manitoba judge granted a terminally ill patient the right-to-die by doctor-assisted death. This is the first case of its kind in Manitoba.

  Mar 15, 2016
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• Interim guidelines set for doctor-assisted suicide in Ontario

  Ontario doctors will be permitted to provide assistance in dying to eligible patients within Canada who qualify for publicly funded health care as the federal government works to legislate doctor-assisted suicide.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2016
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• Joint committee on doctor-assisted suicide to hold first meeting Monday

  The joint parliamentary committee that's examining the divisive issue of doctor-assisted death has scheduled its first meeting for next Monday.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2016