Where Do I Go to Wait? Ethical Considerations During the 90 Day Reflection Period for MAiD

Kesi Disha; Andria Bianchi; Ruby Shanker; Nikolija Lukich

doi:10.7202/1098559ar

Canadian Journal of Bioethics (Apr 2023)

Where Do I Go to Wait? Ethical Considerations During the 90 Day Reflection Period for MAiD

Kesi Disha,
Andria Bianchi,
Ruby Shanker,
Nikolija Lukich

Affiliations

Kesi Disha: Department of Clinical and Organisational Ethics, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Andria Bianchi: Department of Clinical and Organisational Ethics, University Health Network; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ruby Shanker: Department of Clinical and Organisational Ethics, University Health Network; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nikolija Lukich: Champlain Centre for Health Care Ethics, Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1098559ar
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1

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Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation changed in 2021; persons without a reasonably foreseeable natural death (RFND) could now be eligible for MAID and would have to wait at least 90 days before their intervention. This legislative change caused a new ethically complex question to arise, which we explore in this commentary, namely: Where should individuals without a RFND wait (for 90 days) in a publicly funded health system?

Published in Canadian Journal of Bioethics

ISSN: 2561-4665 (Online)
Publisher: Programmes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal
Country of publisher: Canada
LCC subjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Ethics
Website: http://cjb-rcb.ca

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