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I suspect most people even if inclined to support #BillC7 would agree that before MAiD should be expanded we should be certain the current law is properly managed and monitored. So let's talk about that.
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This thread is based on Medical Assistance in Dying: Challenges of Monitoring the Canadian Program, which apeared in the Canadian Journal of Bioethics, by Jaro Kotalik
You can find it on our resource page here: https://dignitydenied.ca/resources/
You can find it on our resource page here: https://dignitydenied.ca/resources/
The report has 2 sections. One Kotalik wrote prior to the release of the July 2020 FIRST annual report of the federal govt on MAiD. The second section is an update about that "First" report that came out 4 yrs after MAiD was legalized.
I'm going to start with his initial report
I'm going to start with his initial report
Who Kotalik is: a "bioethicist involved for two decades in supporting the ethical quality of various health care programs"
He became interested in "the legal and regulatory framework of the program."
He became interested in "the legal and regulatory framework of the program."
Kotalik reviews the SCC decision that led to the legalizing of MAiD and the legislation criteria that was developed for MAiD. So his interest in this paper is NOT whether MAiD should exist or not, but the monitoring around MAiD.
