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MAID for Mental Illness: Why Safeguards Won’t Work

March 16, 2020 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, MAiD, Mental Health, vulnerability

John Maher asserts that medical assistance in dying (MAiD) should not be a legal option for persons whose sole underlying condition is mental illness because proposed safeguards will fail over time.