Tag Archives: assisted suicide

Exceptionalizing Mental Illness & Medical Assistance in Dying

March 11, 2021 · by · in Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Community, Death & Assisted Dying, euthanasia, MAiD, Mental Health, Older Adults, physician-assisted dying, Privacy and Trust, Public Health, vulnerability

Daryl Pullman examines the argument that prohibiting medical assistance in dying for people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness unfairly exceptionalizes mental illness.

Cost of Medical Assistance in Dying

August 18, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Pharmaceuticals

Cristina Alarcon questions the social costs of legalizing medical assistance in dying.

Dignity, Politics, and Medical Assistance in Dying

June 6, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Harry Critchley considers the meaning and role of dignity within debates on medical assistance in dying.

Physician-Assisted Death in Canada February – June 2016

January 26, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Community, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Jocelyn Downie explains the Supreme Court of Canada’s response to the federal government’s request for more time to develop a new law on physician-assisted death.

Carter and the Politics of Certainty

February 12, 2015 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Disability, Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry problematizes the desire for “certainty” that has influenced, and no doubt will continue to influence, the debate on physician-assisted dying.

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