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Position Statement on Hospice Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
PDF: English | French Preamble In June 2016, the Federal Government enacted Bill C-14 legalizing assisted death under certain circumstances and adopted the term ‘medical assistance in dying’. As implemented in Bill C-14 (2018) medical assistance in dying includes both euthanasia (“the administering by a physician or nurse practitioner of a substance to a person, […]
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ARCHIVED: Position Statement on Hospice Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
This position statement has been revised as of June 8, 2023. the updated version can be found here In June 2016, the Federal Government enacted Bill C-14 legalizing assisted death under certain circumstances and adopted the term ‘medical assistance in dying’. As implemented in Bill C-14 (2018) medical assistance in dying includes both euthanasia (“the […]
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