Thank you for the question.
I can't say that I've had in-depth conversations with my clients about all of the steps that physicians are taking to inform them of services that might be available to alleviate their suffering, but I can tell you, from a broader perspective, the concern of the clients I've worked with is not so much that they're not being informed of what's available, but it's that they have, for years or months or really extended periods of time, tried to avail themselves of the services that are in fact available to them, and either they have encountered extensive barriers in not being able to access those services or the supports they needed were simply not available.
This goes to the example I was talking to in my opening remarks about a person who has high support needs, needs attendant services, and has been told by the state, by the provincial authorities, that we're not going to provide you with that level of care in the community, and if you want that level of care, you need to institutionalize yourself.
While I can't speak specifically to the steps that physicians are taking, I would imagine that physicians are put into a very difficult position. They are required to inform people of what's available, but what's available often does not meet people's needs. That's the crux of the issue that we're talking about here when we talk about whether people are truly able to make a real decision.