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Here is the procedure for MAID: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-services-benefits/medical-assistance-dying.html https://www.canada.ca/en/

Here is the procedure for MAID: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-services-benefits/medical-assistance-dying.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-servi... You have to have 2 independent medical assessments at a minimum as well as written consent that is witnessed. So its not like you can just say you want to do it and then they just off you right there. She could have had all sorts of reasons for not telling anyone including her sisters. There's nothing in your anecdote that disputes she could have planned it long in advance and just not told anyone.

HardCodedBias 1y ago
"There's nothing in your anecdote that disputes she could have planned it long in advance" It seems implausible. She lived with her sisters and while she was quite capable of many tasks, I think that long term subterfuge was beyond her. She was well into mental decline. "You have to have 2 independent medical assessments at a minimum as well as written consent that is witnessed" Could this not have happened at the hospital?
- aceofspades19 1y ago
  Well its impossible for us to know her state of mind, anything would be speculation. Yes, it could have happened at the hospital but do you think they have people sitting around waiting to do medical assessments and be witnesses just so they can push MAID onto people? At most hospitals the doctors and medical staff are extremely busy.
  - johnnienaked 1y ago
    >Well its impossible for us to know her state of mind, anything would be speculation Which is ironically a pretty strong argument for why euthanasia shouldn't be legal
    - aceofspades19 1y ago
      I'm not sure how that follows. It's impossible to know anyone's state of mind once they are dead, that doesn't mean they should be required to suffer until a terminal illness causes their death.

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Here is the procedure for MAID: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-services-benefits/medical-assistance-dying.html https://www.canada.ca/en/

by aceofspades19 1y ago

HardCodedBias 1y ago
"There's nothing in your anecdote that disputes she could have planned it long in advance" It seems implausible. She lived with her sisters and while she was quite capable of many tasks, I think that long term subterfuge was beyond her. She was well into mental decline. "You have to have 2 independent medical assessments at a minimum as well as written consent that is witnessed" Could this not have happened at the hospital?
- aceofspades19 1y ago
  Well its impossible for us to know her state of mind, anything would be speculation. Yes, it could have happened at the hospital but do you think they have people sitting around waiting to do medical assessments and be witnesses just so they can push MAID onto people? At most hospitals the doctors and medical staff are extremely busy.
  - johnnienaked 1y ago
    >Well its impossible for us to know her state of mind, anything would be speculation Which is ironically a pretty strong argument for why euthanasia shouldn't be legal
    - aceofspades19 1y ago
      I'm not sure how that follows. It's impossible to know anyone's state of mind once they are dead, that doesn't mean they should be required to suffer until a terminal illness causes their death.