RT Article
T1 Euthanasia as Medical Therapy in Canada
JF The Hastings Center report
VO 55
IS 4
SP 1
OP 1
A1 Lemmens, Trudo
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1935936611
AB This commentary argues that recent reports of an Ontario coroner's office's MAiD Death Review Committee confirm how Canada's euthanasia regime has normalized ending of life as a form of therapy, often for only indirectly health-related suffering. The author, a member of the committee, illustrates with some of the cases how access to death rather than protection against premature death appears to be prioritized, often after very basic capacity and informed consent procedures by health professionals with limited training in relevant end-of-life health care.
K1 health policy
K1 Medical Ethics
K1 Informed Consent
K1 Capacity
K1 assisted dying
K1 Assisted Suicide
K1 Euthanasia
DO 10.1002/hast.70004