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AMAD Committee Report

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Table of Contents
LIST OF MEMBERS
MANDATE
LIST OF ACRONYMS
SUMMARY
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING IN CANADA: CHOICES FOR CANADIANS
Introduction
Parliamentary and Legislative Background
Systemic and Practical Issues
Who is Accessing MAID?
Access to Healthcare
Jurisdictional Issues and Harmonization
Monitoring Safeguards and Data Collection
Practitioners: Supports, Training, Education and Standards
Engagement with Indigenous Peoples
MAID and Prisons
Palliative Care in Canada
Funding
Access
Data and Research
Training/Accreditation
Existential Suffering
Protections for Canadians with Disabilities
Background
Balancing Individual Autonomy and the Protection of the Vulnerable
Discrimination and Stigma
Access to Supports and Services
Eligibility Criteria and Safeguards
Need for Consultation
Medical Assistance in Dying where Mental Disorder is the Sole Underlying Medical Condition
Background
Potential Discrimination
Capacity
Irremediability
MAID and Suicide
Structural Vulnerability and Access to Healthcare
Safeguards, Standards and Practical Considerations
MAID MD-SUMC Eligibility in March 2023
Mature Minors
Background
MAID for Minors in Canada and Internationally
What is a “Mature Minor”?
Need for Further Consultation and Research
Access to Supports and Services
Capacity and Age
Other Eligibility Criteria and Safeguards
Reasonably Foreseeable Death and Mental Disorder
Other Safeguards
Advance Requests
Background
Potential Risks of Permitting Advance Requests for MAID
Safeguards and Scope of the Request
APPENDIX A: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF QUÉBEC REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE ACT RESPECTING END OF LIFE CARE
List of Recommendations and Observations
Recommendations
Observations
APPENDIX B: LIST OF WITNESSES
APPENDIX C: LIST OF BRIEFS
REQUEST FOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
DISSENTING OPINION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA
SUPPLEMENTARY OPINION OF FOUR INDEPENDENT SENATORS
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