How I Plan to Die
Preparing for MAID is exhausting and expensive. I’m glad I lived long enough to do it.
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Canadians with mental disorders shouldn’t be excluded from requesting MAID
I’m a psychiatrist who’s worked on the topic of MAID and mental disorders for years. People with these disorders should be able to request MAID—just like all other Canadians.
I am a MAID provider. It’s the most meaningful—and maddening—work I do. Here’s why.
Canada’s MAID laws are missing fundamental safeguards for vulnerable people. That needs to change.
Most Canadians support medical assistance in dying. So why is it considered controversial?
In my role as CEO of Dying With Dignity, I take pride in advocating for end-of-life rights and have learned that Canadians overwhelmingly back MAID
Taking MAiD way too far
Gabrielle Peters: The effort to widen eligibility for MAiD to include disabled people who are not actually dying is dangerous, unsettling and deeply flawed
Dying for the right to live
Gabrielle Peters: Many disabled Canadians have been forced into poverty by insufficient income support—especially true during the pandemic. Some are considering MAID because they "simply cannot afford to keep on living."
Daughter, doctor, death broker: A MAiD provider in her mother’s last days
"She said she wanted to die... it seemed to me an irrational, impulsive wish"
Expanding eligibility for MAID should not be rushed
Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould: Medical assistance in dying is complex and deeply personal. Is there enough medical and social evidence to understand the implications of an expanded law?
For people with dementia, a fight for the right to die
The Alzheimer Society of Canada is reconsidering its position on advanced requests for assisted death, amidst a difficult debate about the rights of those with dementia