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Unravelling Maid in Canada: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide as Medical Care

Unravelling Maid in Canada: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide as Medical Care

Lemmens, Trudo
Coelho, Ramona
Gaind, K. Sonu

Paperback

Death & DyingGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0228023696
ISBN13: 9780228023692
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Apr 22 2025
Pages: 552
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Since legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide as medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in 2016, Canada has witnessed an internationally unprecedented expansion of the practice, making it the country with the highest number of MAiD deaths.

Initially introduced to relieve suffering in a broad end-of-life context, the law expanded quickly to make MAiD available to disabled Canadians not approaching their natural deaths. MAID will also become legal for sole reasons of mental illness sometime after 2027, and there are plans to expand it further to include minors and advance requests. From a cross-disciplinary perspective, including contributions from authors with lived experience, Indigenous perspectives, and expertise in medicine, mental health, disability, law, and ethics, Unravelling MAiD in Canada challenges readers with the ethical, medical, legal, societal, and disability justice rights concerns that have arisen in regard to this hotly debated irreversible practice.

Canada now provides more state-facilitated euthanasia and assisted suicide than any other country. This volume puts forth critical reflections and valuable insights as more jurisdictions consider their own assisted dying laws and policies.

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