Dr. Jitender Sareen at the Medical Assistance in Dying Committee

On November 21st, 2023. See this statement in context.

November 21st, 2023 / 9 p.m.

Physician, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba

In my jurisdiction, Manitoba, I'm not aware of any psychiatrists who have completed it.

I have one psychiatrist who is part of the medical assistance in dying team. He went to the June meeting, and he was quite concerned about the lack of safety around MAID for mental disorders. He was quite concerned that cases considered to be slam dunk for getting MAID were quite treatable, especially in older adults.

What I'm hearing is quite a bit of concern around this.

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