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I have not. I would be interested in reading more about this. Can you provide links?
by SapporoChris 4y ago
I have not. I would be interested in reading more about this. Can you provide links?
- emodendroket 4y agohttps://www.ctvnews.ca/health/chronically-ill-man-releases-audio-of-hospital-staff-offering-assisted-death-1.4038841?cache=%2F7.566536 https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/chronically-ill-man-releases-a... > An Ontario man suffering from an incurable neurological disease has provided CTV News with audio recordings that he says are proof that hospital staff offered him medically assisted death, despite his repeated requests to live at home. > Roger Foley, 42, who earlier this year launched a landmark lawsuit against a London hospital, several health agencies, the Ontario government and the federal government, alleges that health officials will not provide him with an assisted home care team of his choosing, instead offering, among other things, medically assisted death.
- Traubenfuchs 4y agoAdding to the other guys story, have a second one! https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252991/canadian-veteran-offered-assisted-suicide-when-all-she-asked-for-was-wheelchair-help https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252991/canadian-vete...
- neoecos 4y agoIntresting article about the topic. https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/no-other-options https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/no-other-options Also from an HN link. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34027753 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34027753
- Izkata 4y agoNot specifically about that part, but another factoid that may be interesting: > In 2021, there were 10,064 MAID provisions reported in Canada, accounting for 3.3% of all deaths in Canada. From an official government report: https://archive.ph/xD0wD#selection-3057.0-3057.107 https://archive.ph/xD0wD#selection-3057.0-3057.107 Numbers aren't out yet for 2022, and in 2023 it opens up to mental illness as well.