Meanwhile, an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Dying With Dignity Canada last summer suggested 80 per cent of those surveyed thought an adult should be able to get assessed and, if eligible, receive assisted dying for severe, treatment-resistant mental disorders if they are experiencing into...
Meanwhile, an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Dying With Dignity Canada last summer suggested 80 per cent of those surveyed thought an adult should be able to get assessed and, if eligible, receive assisted dying for severe, treatment-resistant mental disorders if they are experiencing ...
medical assistance in dyingmental illnessPersons with mental disorders who are resistant to evidence‐based treatment can be referred to as patients with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). Some patients with SPMI develop a strong wish for assisted dying. Switzerland has the longest history ...
Assisted dying: Six-month life expectancy & self-administration of drugs among proposalsLegislation that MPs will consider later this month will require two doctors and a High Court judge approve someone before they can end their own life, with mental health issues and disability ruled out...
The thorniest issues arise when it is hard to determine whether people are of sound mind. Canada's decision to postpone the extension of assisted-dying laws to people with mental-health disorders is sensible for this reason. Mental suffering is as real as physical suffering, yet society's unde...
This article concerns suicide prevention in relation to the practice and the report- ing of assisted dying. Its focus is the situation of people who are suicidal and who have a physical disability or a mental health condition. The aim of the article is not to consider the current or ...
Canada legalized medically assisted dying in 2016. It was set to expand to patients suffering solely from mental illness last year, but it hasn't — yet.
Assisted dying is the term used to describe a situation where a terminally ill person seeks medical help to obtain substances that they administer themselves to end their life. It is not to be confused with assisted suicide, which could involve someone who is in good physical health but who ...
维多利亚州2019年立法通过了“自愿协助死亡”法案（Voluntary Assisted dying/ VAD，自愿，协助，死亡。
Has the time come for physicians to do away with the traditional notion of healthcare as maintaining or improving physical and mental health, and instead accept their own limitations by facilitating death when requested? The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge held the 2013 Varsity Medical Debate ...