TY - JOUR
T1 - From Prohibition to Permission: The Winding Road of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada
AU - Downie, Jocelyn
N1 - Jocelyn Downie, "From Prohibition to Permission: The Winding Road of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada" (2022) 34 Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum 321.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - In this paper, I offer a personal and professional narrative of how Canada went from prohibition to permission for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). I describe the legal developments to date and flag what might be coming in the near future. I also offer some personal observations and reflections on the role and impact of bioethics and bioethicists, on what it was like to be a participant in Canada's law reform process, and on lessons that readers in other jurisdictions might take from Canada's experience.
AB - In this paper, I offer a personal and professional narrative of how Canada went from prohibition to permission for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). I describe the legal developments to date and flag what might be coming in the near future. I also offer some personal observations and reflections on the role and impact of bioethics and bioethicists, on what it was like to be a participant in Canada's law reform process, and on lessons that readers in other jurisdictions might take from Canada's experience.
KW - Bioethics
KW - Assisted Dying
KW - Canada
KW - Law
KW - Policy
KW - Medical Assistance in Dying
UR - https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/scholarly_works/1057
UR - https://dal.novanet.ca/permalink/01NOVA_DAL/ev10a8/cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_9648456
M3 - Article
JO - Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
JF - Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
ER -
