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Canada hospital apologises for mentioning assisted suicide programme to woman seeking help for suicidal thoughts

Kathrin Mentler says she was offered medical assistance in dying treatment after seeking psychiatric help

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

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Reason · Feb 20, 2023

‘It’s meaningful work’: The doctor who performs euthanasia in Canada — and the doctor who refuses

In Canada, euthanasia is known as medical assistance in dying — or MAID — and in 2023 it will become accessible for people who solely have a mental health condition. Holly Baxter speaks to two physicians on opposite ends of the spectrum: a MAID assessor and a conscientious objector

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022

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Christine Gauthier, a paraplegic former member of the Canadian army, told members of the House of Commons that she contacted Veterans Affairs Canada trying to find out why it was taking so long to get a wheelchair ramp in her home. She said she got a letter back offering her…

Reason · Dec 6, 2022

Paralympian claims Canada offered to euthanise her when she asked for a stairlift

‘I have a letter saying that if you’re so desperate, madam, we can offer you... medical assistance in dying,’ Christine Gauthier told a Canadian veterans affairs committee

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2022

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