Tag Archives: @jgdownie

In a Nutshell: Correcting the record about medical assistance in dying

May 17, 2022 · by · in Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, Law & Policy, MAiD, Mental Health, physician-assisted dying, vulnerability

Jocelyn Downie clarifies what the Supreme Court of Canada’s Carter decision actually says (and doesn’t say) about advance requests for MAiD and MAiD for psychiatric illness.

Unmuddying the waters of the law and MAiD for mental illness

January 10, 2022 · by · in Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, Law & Policy, MAiD, Mental Health, physician-assisted dying, vulnerability

Jocelyn Downie rebuts misleading claims about the law and medical assistance in dying for mental illness advanced by psychiatrists Mark Sinyor and Ari Zaretsky in a recent Op-Ed.

In a Nutshell: The Continuing Saga of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation

March 19, 2021 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, euthanasia, Law & Policy, Older Adults, physician-assisted dying, vulnerability

Jocelyn Downie outlines Bill C-7, Canada’s newly amended medical assistance in dying legislation, and recounts the legal history of the changes.