Ethics of Medical Assistance in Dying for Non-Terminal Illness: A Comparison of Mental and Physical Illness in Canada and Europe
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is scheduled to be legalized in Canada as of March 2024 for individuals with mental disorder/illness as their sole underlying medical condition (MAiD MD-SUMC). As guidelines are being developed for the safe and consistent provision of MAiD MD-SUMC, sufficient cons...
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Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is scheduled to be legalized in Canada as of March 2024 for individuals with mental disorder/illness as their sole underlying medical condition (MAiD MD-SUMC). As guidelines are being developed for the safe and consistent provision of MAiD MD-SUMC, sufficient consideration must be given to the interpretation of ambiguous terminology in current legislation, and to ensuring sound use of acceptable ethics principles in these interpretations.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f8aaa99615946fd9cc376bc555f5c792023-12-07T19:21:56ZengProgrammes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de MontréalCanadian Journal of Bioethics2561-46652023-12-0163-410.7202/1108009arEthics of Medical Assistance in Dying for Non-Terminal Illness: A Comparison of Mental and Physical Illness in Canada and EuropeKatharine Birkness0Abraham Rudnick1Department of Internal Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDepartments of Psychiatry and Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine; School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is scheduled to be legalized in Canada as of March 2024 for individuals with mental disorder/illness as their sole underlying medical condition (MAiD MD-SUMC). As guidelines are being developed for the safe and consistent provision of MAiD MD-SUMC, sufficient consideration must be given to the interpretation of ambiguous terminology in current legislation, and to ensuring sound use of acceptable ethics principles in these interpretations. https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/643ethics(ir)remediabilitymedical assistance in dyingMAiDmental illnessprinciplism |
| spellingShingle | Katharine Birkness Abraham Rudnick Ethics of Medical Assistance in Dying for Non-Terminal Illness: A Comparison of Mental and Physical Illness in Canada and Europe Canadian Journal of Bioethics ethics (ir)remediability medical assistance in dying MAiD mental illness principlism |
| title | Ethics of Medical Assistance in Dying for Non-Terminal Illness: A Comparison of Mental and Physical Illness in Canada and Europe |
| title_full | Ethics of Medical Assistance in Dying for Non-Terminal Illness: A Comparison of Mental and Physical Illness in Canada and Europe |
| title_fullStr | Ethics of Medical Assistance in Dying for Non-Terminal Illness: A Comparison of Mental and Physical Illness in Canada and Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethics of Medical Assistance in Dying for Non-Terminal Illness: A Comparison of Mental and Physical Illness in Canada and Europe |
| title_short | Ethics of Medical Assistance in Dying for Non-Terminal Illness: A Comparison of Mental and Physical Illness in Canada and Europe |
| title_sort | ethics of medical assistance in dying for non terminal illness a comparison of mental and physical illness in canada and europe |
| topic | ethics (ir)remediability medical assistance in dying MAiD mental illness principlism |
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