In an agonizing personal and professional decision, Dr. Sandy Buchman opted to help patients with their final wish. He hasn’t looked back.
Physicians can make more doing paperwork than performing this legal, but emotionally demanding, service. For many, it’s just not worth it.
It may make some people understandably uncomfortable, but extending the right to assisted dying to the mentally ill is a compassionate solution
Stefanie Green founded the Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers, which supports doctors as they navigate Canada’s new assisted dying law.
Canada’s Justice Minister says the law provides ‘maximum flexibility’ to health-care professionals who assess patients. But doctors are unclear on who qualifies for assisted dying.
‘It’s not bad to take away the fear of death and dying,’ says Dr. Gerrit Kimsma, a Dutch physician and professor
Our Q&A with Nadine Pequeneza, whose documentary captures an emotional debate as Canada debated its assisted dying laws
Why suicide researchers have a potentially important perspective on the debate over assisted dying
‘With Bill C-14, we are facing the most difficult and important area of the law that many of us will ever be forced to contend with as parliamentarians.’
The Maclean’s Ottawa bureau’s weekly audio debrief on all things #cdnpoli
Sometimes, like in the case of Bill C-14, the House of Commons gets things wrong—and the red chamber proves its worth
Sen. Frances Lankin says she expects a short rally