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Slowing the Slide Down the Slippery Slope of Medical Assistance in Dying: Mutual Learnings for Canada and the US

American journal of bioethics, 2023-11, Vol.23 (11), p.64-72 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 2023 ;ISSN: 1526-5161 ;EISSN: 1536-0075 ;DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2201190 ;PMID: 37166283

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  • Title:
    Slowing the Slide Down the Slippery Slope of Medical Assistance in Dying: Mutual Learnings for Canada and the US
  • Author: Pullman, Daryl
  • Subjects: Active euthanasia ; assisted suicide ; Canada ; end-of-life care ; Humans ; state sanctioned homicide ; Suicide, Assisted
  • Is Part Of: American journal of bioethics, 2023-11, Vol.23 (11), p.64-72
  • Description: Canada and California each introduced legislation to permit medical assistance in dying in June, 2016. Each jurisdiction publishes annual reports on the number of deaths that occurred under their respective legislations in the previous years. The numbers are disturbingly different. In 2021, 486 individuals died under California's End of Life Option. In the same year 10,064 Canadians died under that country's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation. California has a slightly larger population than Canada, and while medically assisted deaths as a percentage of total deaths remained virtually unchanged in California from 2020-2021, Canada saw a 30% increase from 2020 to 2021. This essay examines some of the factors propelling Canada down the slippery slope of medically assisted suicide, as well as those that may be keeping California and other US jurisdictions from taking the slide. At a time of increasing pressure in many jurisdictions (both nationally and internationally) to liberalize access to medical assistance in dying, some lessons from this comparative analysis are offered.
  • Publisher: United States: Taylor & Francis
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1526-5161
    EISSN: 1536-0075
    DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2201190
    PMID: 37166283
  • Source: Taylor & Francis Open Access
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