– Assisted dying has been legal in Canada since 2016. In its first year, 1,018 people died by medical assistance … Read More
RCMP called to investigate multiple cases of veterans being offered medically assisted death
Four — perhaps even five — Canadian military veterans were given the option of medically-assisted death (MAID) by a now-suspended … Read More
The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care have this comment below against AD
IAHPC research & our fundamental values Research is one of the four pillars of our 2020-2024 Strategic Plan, along with … Read More
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: Assisted Dying
This POSTbrief provides a brief overview of assisted dying, including ethical debate and stakeholder opinion. It examines how assisted dying … Read More
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: Palliative Care
Palliative and end of life care are increasingly in demand as people are living longer and with multiple long-term conditions. … Read More
Evidence to the Canadian Parliament Special Joint Committee on MAiD
Extract of evidence to the Canadian Special Parliamentary Committee on Medical Assisted Dying Committee/Comité Aide médicale à mourir AMAD@parl.gc.ca Professor … Read More
Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Suicide Rates in Europe
Professor David Albert Jones has published a paper which concludes that there is no reduction in non-assisted suicides in jurisdictions that … Read More
Euthanasia in Belgium: Shortcomings of the Law and Its Application and of the Monitoring of Practice
A new paper has been published by Belgian authors, who in the past have strongly promoted ‘assisted dying’, which reviews Belgian … Read More
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill Consultation Response
An Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill has been proposed in Scotland by Liam McArthur MSP to enable competent … Read More
Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill: Analysis of the Second Reading Debate
The Assisted Dying Bill introduced to the House of Lords by Baroness Meacher received its Second Reading on 22nd October. … Read More