Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is for Dr. Zan.
Statistics show that at least 82% of people who receive medical assistance in dying were receiving palliative care before that.
In your experience, are there people who are receiving palliative care and request medical assistance in dying who decide not to act on their request, or does medical assistance in dying always end in it being administered at some point?
When they decide to receive medical assistance in dying, is it because they feel that the qualify of the palliative care is insufficient or because they want to choose the end of their life themselves rather than waiting for the family to choose continuous palliative sedation for them?