Canada’s expansion of MAiD for people with mental illness alone has sparked intense debate among psychologists, psychiatrists ...

Proponents of legalized physician-assisted suicide often couch their arguments in the verbiage of pain and dignity. They say that people with terminal and agonizing conditions should be offered the ...

On December 5, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill making Illinois the 12 th state in the United States to legalize medically assisted suicide. The United States can learn from Canada’s expansion of ...

Since Canada legalized physician-assisted suicide (or medical assistance in dying, MAID) about a decade ago, I’ve had several friends opt for this exit from their lives. I supported them fully and ...

Canada’s MAID law, which expanded the right to die to people without a terminal illness, raises ethical and medical dilemmas. By Katie Engelhart In 2023, one out of 20 Canadians who died received a ...

As Canada mulls a controversial plan to allow medical assistance in dying (MAID) for mental illnesses, the country’s current model is facing a new round of attacks, both at home and abroad. There is ...

As Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) system evolves, new UBC research sheds light on the difficult realities of Track 2 cases, where people may live for years while enduring chronic ...

A Canadian woman who has been fighting for medical assistance in dying (MAID) to be an option for people with mental disorders is now asking the courts to exempt her from current laws so that a doctor ...