Abstracts
Abstract
Although Canada recently expanded access to medical assistance in dying, intolerably suffering Canadians with dementia still face seven obstacles to qualify for MAID. Advance directives for VSED are an important, yet under-appreciated, alternative.
Keywords:
- VSED,
- voluntarily stopping eating and drinking,
- MAID,
- medical aid in dying,
- dementia directive,
- Alzheimer’s disease,
- Ulysses clause
Résumé
Bien que le Canada ait récemment élargi l’accès à l’aide médicale à mourir, les Canadiens atteints de démence qui souffrent intolérablement doivent encore faire face à sept obstacles pour être admissibles à l’AMM. Les directives anticipées pour le AVMB constituent une alternative importante, mais sous-estimée.
Mots-clés :
- AVMB,
- arrêt volontaire de manger et de boire,
- AMM,
- aide médicale à mourir,
- directive sur la démence,
- maladie d’Alzheimer,
- clause d’Ulysse
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Acknowledgements / Remerciements
This critical commentary was adapted from the author’s presentation at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Bioethics Society in May 2021.The author thanks the CBS participants for their feedback and especially Stefanie Green and Jocelyn Downie who kindly reviewed drafts of the presentation.
Ce commentaire critique a été adapté de la présentation de l’auteur lors de la 32e conférence annuelle de la Société canadienne de bioéthique, en mai 2021. L’auteur remercie les participants de la SCB pour leurs commentaires et en particulier Stefanie Green et Jocelyn Downie qui ont aimablement revu les versions préliminaires de la présentation.
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