Improved access to palliative care, more financial support for people with disabilities called for
‘We want to be sure, we want to be safe, we want everybody to be on the same page’
Despite panel determining proper safeguards in place, federal government intends further delay
Justice minister: ‘those working in the health-care system say that more time is needed’
Criteria for MAID is set to expand in March to include those living with mental-health conditions
Clear standards, public education are unresolved issues: national association
Transfers happen when a patient is treated in a facility that forbids medical assistance in dying
Psychiatric association found 41% of members think those with mental disorders should be eligible for MAID
Nicole Gladu is one of two Quebecers who successfully challenged the constitutionality of the federal law
The bill is now being studied by the justice committee after passing second reading in the House of Commons
Current law allows medical assistance in dying only for those whose natural death is ‘reasonably foreseeable’
