When I met the patient, she was certainly fully capable of describing what she wanted to experience and what she did not. She was able to explain it clearly.
If the patient had been able to complete an advance request, we would have entered these details. The name of the proxy in the event of the patient's incapacity would also have been entered. This third party would have been responsible for triggering the procedure, meaning to go ahead with medical assistance in dying, in accordance with the criteria already specified by the patient when she was still capable of doing so. The care team, together with the third party, would look at the facts and the assessment, as Dr. Downie explained, and we would then proceed with medical assistance in dying.