Why I resigned from the federal expert panel on medical assistance in dying
Ellen Cohen is the national co-ordinator of the National Network for Mental Health.
This work is important because in March, Canada will legalize MAID for people whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental-health disorder. I believe this expansion of the MAID law would be a serious mistake. Setting out policies around it requires significant care. I went into the panel with an open mind. In Canada, the psychiatric system is the only part of the medical system that legally permits physicians to hold and treat patients against their will. This is allowed under provincial and territorial mental-health legislation.
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