In the early 1990s, Sue Rodriguez challenged Canada's Criminal Code prohibition on assisted dying. The 42-year-old, who was living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), fought for the right to end her life at a time of her choosing with the aid of a physician. Women speak out on as...
which has a population approximately equal to that of Canada. Since 2016, California has allowed terminally ill adults to obtain and self-administer aid-in-dying drugs.
On June 5, 2024, the Australian Capital Territory passed a law to permit voluntary assisted dying (“VAD”). The Australian Capital Territory bec
VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING AND STATE RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS: A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVERICCIARDO, AIDANUniversity of Western Australia Law Review
OTTAWA — A Veterans Affairs employee who spoke to former Armed Forces members about accessing medical assistance in dying is no longer with the department, although the federal government would not say Tuesday whether she was fired or resigned.
In a small number of countries which have legalised assisted dying, the eligibility criteria for accessing the intervention have subsequently been expanded. Before 2021, Canadian doctors were required to confirm that a person’s death was “reasonably foreseeable”, but this criterion was removed...
Assisted dying lawsallow terminally ill, mentally competent patients in10 U.S. jurisdictionsto hasten the end of their life. Waiting periods of 15 to 20 days mean that patients with acute COVID-19won't likely meetthe requirements of these laws. ...
Doctors attending a session on medical aid in dying at the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) General Council supported the use of advance directives and allowing mature minors to access assisted death. However, they split on opening up the service to otherwise healthy people with mental illness.关...
These arguments were similar to those put forward by the Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying (2015) when VAD was being debated in Canada. Federal lawmakers in that country accepted that NPs have independent scopes of practice, competencies, and accountability that ...
Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Clarke, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption, Lord Reed, Lord Hughes. The Law on Assisted Dying Introduction In this case, R (on the application of Nicklinson and another) v Ministry of Justice, R (on the application of AM) (AP) v The Di...