Ellen Wiebe

Dec 13, 2023 | cfp.ca | Ellen Wiebe |Michaela Kelly

Canadians across the country have had the right to assisted deaths since the medical assistance in dying (MAID) law received royal assent on June 17, 2016.1 Initially, this meant that a physician or nurse practitioner could prescribe or administer a fatal substance to end the life of someone who requested MAID and who met certain criteria, including that they had a grievous and irremediable condition that caused unbearable suffering, that they had the capacity to provide consent, and that...