Category Death & Assisted Dying
Incremental medical assistance in dying
Stuart Chambers comments on the incrementalism that characterizes the Liberal government’s legislation on medical assistance in dying.
Proposed Canadian legislation on medical assistance in dying
Leah Hutt summarizes the eligibility criteria and safeguards for medical assistance in dying, as proposed by the Government of Canada.
Physician-assisted death needs expert reporting and monitoring
Juliet Guichon and Pauline Alakija argue that governments should require that physician-assisted deaths be reportable to (and by) coroners and medical examiners, so that scrupulous monitoring of physician-assisted death may occur.
Clarifying the Assisted Death Recommendations
Maureen Taylor, Jocelyn Downie, and Jennifer Gibson suggest that recent commentaries on official Reports on assisted death in Canada misstate the recommendations made in the Reports and their relationship to the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Carter.
The Need to Discuss Death-Hastening Methods
Stuart Chambers discusses an oversight in the Report by the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying.
Impact Ethics 